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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: spreadsheet ergonomics
Date	2017-04-05 05:23 +0000
Organization	O.W.L.
Message-ID	<avjz003.g@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 4/4/17, 8:59 PM, in article i88vz003.pvh4e2@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
> ... 
>>>> Apple crew is just a bunch of clods.
>>> 
>>> I think it is good to have both available -- they do different things and
>>> both are of value!
>> 
>> So "duplicate" deletes the original?
> 
> Ah, another place you are lacking in common sense -- of course it does not.
> That is not what the word "duplicate" means and nobody suggested it should
> or would do such a thing.
> 

So "duplicate" makes a duplicate but doesn't delete the original, and
"save as" creates a copy and doesn't delete the original; but "duplicate"
and "save as" "do different things."  Granny is confused.


> Hint: duplicate serves to DUPLICATE the file. Works much like the duplicate
> command in the Finder, really (though not quite exact).
> 
>>>>> Right... your solution for one program, not built in and never explained,
>>>>> and with the video with bizarre zooming (curious why you did that... does
>>>>> not really hurt it but just weird).
>>>> 
>>>> It may remain a mystery.  I keep some magic to myself.
>>> 
>>> Meaning faked or, more likely, some significant weaknesses you will not
>>> share. OK.
>> 
>> It's not faked.  It's very real.  And by the way that "bizarre zooming"
>> is xmag, which has been around since the dawn of time.  I'm surpised you
>> didn't recognize it.  My window manager doesn't support zooming, so I use
>> xmag.
> 
> I did not know the program but I saw what you did. Just bizarre zooming. Why
> not just, well, zoom in and show what you want to show? Do it in post
> production so you can stay focused on the topic.
>

I might look into that at some point, but all post production stuff is
probably more effort than I want to put into these things.

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  Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-03 19:38 +0000
    Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-03 13:01 -0700
      Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-03 20:54 +0000
        Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-03 14:16 -0700
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