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From: Robin Lamacraft <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Accent Comment on Screen
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:12:01 +0930
References: <LIENLELLEMIGENCMIGJFGEJBCDAA.dgballtmg@shaw.ca>
In-Reply-To: <200583125444.997430@Terry3>


At 12:54 3/08/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:25:00 -0700, David G. Ball wrote:
>
> > Everything works fine, but I am curious as to the meaning
> > of the comment on the bottom of the screen just above my
> > "Start" button. It says: Accent FIRST :BORN IN VIRGINIA
> > OR TENNESSEE.ACC
>
>That's the name of your saved Accent scheme. <g>
>
>That's one of the default accent schemes, and evidently was the one
>you modified to get your custom scheme. When you clicked OK to close
>the Accent screen you over-wrote your custom settings to that file.
>
>To fix it, open Accents again and click the Save As... button. Then
>give your custom scheme some name that reminds you what it means, and
>save it. After that, that name will appear in the status bar when you
>use this set of Accents.

David,

I have suggested (in another place) that this outcome could be more obvious
if, when on the Accent Definition Screen (ADS), you first change from
Accents OFF to Accent Names ..., that the name of the currently selected
Accent Definition file be shown prominently on that screen.

I suggested placing the selected Accent file name as a suffix the ADS title
bar.

As the screen is, it is too easy to just make a modification to the Accent
Definition and click OK without realizing which Accent definition has been
edited. The use of the Status line is not an obvious place to look while
changing the radio button from Accent OFF to Accent Names .... . Some
layouts can be saved without the Status line being visible anyway.

Robin Lamacraft (Adelaide, Australia)

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