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perils of not having cursor motion commands
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May 15, 1984, 10:54:07 AM5/15/84
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Date: 14 May 1984 01:01-EDT
From: Leigh L. Klotz <uw-beaver!KLOTZ@MIT-MC>
Subject: perils of not having cursor motion commands
To: INFO-MAC@MIT-MC
From: Leigh L. Klotz <uw-beaver!KLOTZ@MIT-MC>
Subject: perils of not having cursor motion commands
To: INFO-MAC@MIT-MC
Just now I was using a Macintosh and I leaned back to write a letter. I
put the keyboard in my lap and moved the display so I could see it
plainly. I thought after a while, "This is almost like using the old AI
TV system." Pretty neat, maybe they wouldn't be so bad to have. I typed
away all comfortable for a while until I needed to correct something at
the beginning of the line. Having learned to use the mouse for all
editing, I reached for it but when I went to take it there was only my
hand in the air...
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