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:gzz: Oh, I get it about the cursor (wuz Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Direction and name of d.cursor
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- Subject: :gzz: Oh, I get it about the cursor (wuz Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Direction and name of d.cursor
- From: Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:30:06 +0900
- Cc: ted@xxxxxxxxxx
- In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000711045149.24614D-100000@fuga>
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Excuse me for not quite having understood.
>Because the current prototype *is* wrong: the accursed cell being
>the posend, not the negend.
Yes, of course the accursed cell shd be the negend.
CheerzT
At 04:54 AM 7/11/00 +0300, you wrote:
>> I guess one might think I'm sort of reluctant to work ie. to code.
>> Tuomas assigned me the job of reversing the directions of d.cursor.
>
>Because the current prototype *is* wrong: the accursed cell being
>the posend, not the negend.
>
>> |heading|-|chapter 1|
>> |chapter 2|
>> |chapter 3|
>> ...
>> Here, you get the "special" cell going up the rank and then negwards on
>> d.contains. (Notice that here again, going poswards on d.contents gives
>> you the contents.) The headcell (chapter 1) has no special meaning here.
>
>Actually, we often write this like
>
> |heading|-| + |
> |chapter 1|
> |chapter 2|
> |chapter 3|
> ...
>
>i.e. inserting a dummy cell *exactly* because of this. This is called
>a corner list. At this point, all chapters are headcells.
>
>> Thanks if you bothered to read this through. If you say that Tuomas's
>> suggestion is the right way to do it, then I'll do it.
>
>This is something that has already been discussed with Ted. Unless
>he has changed his mind.
>
> Tuomas
>
>
>
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