gzz: Why sacredness of homecell? (wuz Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] JDK1.1/1.2 compat. problem: cursor

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi--

>Yes, well, tell him that the Cell with the ID 1's connection downward on
>d.2 is to be considered holy and mustn't be touched at all. 

WOOOPS !?!?!

That wasn't mentioned.  I have of COURSE been hopping it
 and putting contents in it.

Marlene sez

>> If moving the home cell or system list  causes a major failure, wouldn't it
>> be good to make that an impossible operation?  

I agree.

But what does it mean to "move the home cell"?  If you move
 all the *other* cells, you're moving the home cell relatively.
 I think all ops should be allowed on the home cell except deletion.

>Possibly while customizing where the
>actions are he tried to move the cell on the system list to another place?
>That would easily do it...

Hey, I think it should be allowed.  Even DELETION of an op you don't like
 (I'd like to delete CNCTI and CNTCTC).

ChrzT


At 07:00 PM 7/10/00 +0300, you wrote:
>> >I suspect you've managed to move the homecell or system list
>> 
>> I know what the home cell is -- it's blue and green when gzz first fires
>> up, right?  
>
>Yes, ID number one.
>
>> But what's the system list?  It's possible that Ted moved it,
>> because he likes to customize his environment, but I've never moved
>> anything on the left side (action, dimension stuff).  The only thing I do
>> that could be considered "system" is add dimensions.  Otherwise, I'm just
>> off in my own demo space making cells and connections.
>
>Yes, well, tell him that the Cell with the ID 1's connection downward on
>d.2 is to be considered holy and mustn't be touched at all. The only
>things you should do there right now is to add / remove dimensions and
>bindings. Everything else should be done elsewhere. The Actions cells are
>not special in any way: you can write the same string into another cell
>in another place and it'll work. Possibly while customizing where the
>actions are he tried to move the cell on the system list to another place?
>That would easily do it...
>
>> If moving the home cell or system list  causes a major failure, wouldn't it
>> be good to make that an impossible operation?  
>
>Well, that whole side of space needs some thorough speccing by Ted before
>it's settled. The whole system space at the moment is fairly arbitrary.
>
>	Tuomas
>
>
>
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