Re: Finer points of the IBM emulator -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Finer points of the IBM emulator
From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 10:24:45 -0700
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On 11/2/22 10:14 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:

You mean like File, Run the same, or, File, Run Other?

"Run the same"?!? <blink> <facepalm> <crossed-eyes> <jaw hitting floor>

I think that if an award were to be given out for the most counterintuitive phrasing of a menu item, that would have to be the all-time winner.

(For the record, in the emulator nearest and dearest to my heart, that function is a toolbar icon of two terminals, one in front of the other, with a tooltip of "open another session.")

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JHHL

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