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Re: General purpose structure editor? [message #14541 is a reply to message #14387]

Tue, 09 March 1999 00:00

David Foster
Messages: 341
Registered: January 1996

Senior Member

David Fanning wrote:
>
> Michael Asten (masten@mail.earth.monash.edu.au) writes:
>
>> Well well.
>>
>> Seems its been done. The idl routine XVAREDIT is one of rsi's best
>> kept secrets.
>
> I'm sorry. I don't wish to offend anyone here, least of all
> RSI. But every program I have ever seen that uses the table
> widget (and this includes XVAREDIT) is an abomination.
>
<big-time snip of David being cranky>
>
> I don't know why I'm so crotchety this morning. Posting this
> article can't do anything but get me in trouble. But someone
> has got to hear the truth about this table widget.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David

David -

I'm glad someone finally said it! I used WIDGET_TABLE() once,
hated it, and swore never to use it again. Our users use
Excel, and expect to find similar behavior in a cell editor.
I would be too embarrassed to put that thing in ANY of my programs!

Dave
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		General purpose structure editor? By: Dyer Lytle on Wed, 24 February 1999 00:00
		Re: General purpose structure editor? By: davidf on Fri, 05 March 1999 00:00
		Re: General purpose structure editor? By: Michael Asten on Fri, 05 March 1999 00:00
		Re: General purpose structure editor? By: davidf on Tue, 02 March 1999 00:00
		Re: General purpose structure editor? By: J.D. Smith on Tue, 02 March 1999 00:00
		Re: General purpose structure editor? By: davidf on Thu, 25 February 1999 00:00
		Re: General purpose structure editor? By: David Foster on Tue, 09 March 1999 00:00
		Re: General purpose structure editor? By: Martin Schultz on Mon, 08 March 1999 00:00
		Re: General purpose structure editor? By: mallors on Sat, 06 March 1999 00:00
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