[comp.soft-sys.andrew] Using Existing Help Window

gk5g+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Gary Keim) (06/07/91)

Excerpts from misc: 4-Jun-91 Using Existing Help Window Nathaniel
Borenstein@thu (1079)

> I've felt for a long time now that the behavior of the help program in
> using a pre-existing help window is a mistake, but I've realized that
> there is at least some room for argument.  Now I've got a situation
> where it is just flat out horrible, with no room for argument, and I'd
> like to plead for a change.

We're in concert.  No other "large" ATK application that I know of is
this parental.  It's inconsistent.

Excerpts from misc: 4-Jun-91 Using Existing Help Window Nathaniel
Borenstein@thu (1079)

> At the very least, this feature should be either sensitive to the
> DISPLAY variable (one help window per DISPLAY) or configurable so that
> you can turn it off via the AndrewSetup file.  Right now, I have to tell
everyone to use "help -new" which seems like a really ugly thing to do...

I agree with this mission and will try to get it done.