> So the problem as I see it, is that when the cursor is placed in the
> middle of a sequence (or whatever) name, and "delete" (not >backspace) is held down until all characters to the right of the >cursor have gone, continued pressing actually now backspaces over the >text to the left of the cursor.
Precisely.
And, if I am not mistaken, the genesis of the behavior was due to limitations in early Apple keyboards. It certainly has nothing to do with PC keyboards, as they have ALWAYS had discrete keys with very well-defined behavior.
However, regardless of the differences of nomenclature, there is simple no reason why the repeated use of a "Delete" key in a PC/MC installation -- should cause characters to the left of the cursor to be sequentially eliminated.
This schizophrenic behavior (eliminating characters on BOTH sides of the cursor) it both unintuitive and infuriating when editing the names of MC objects.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, David Ross <speckydave@...> wrote:
>
> The way I read it, the complaint is about the "delete" key, i.e the
> one that says "delete" on it. As opposed to the other key which has a
> left-arrow and *doesn't* say "delete" on it. That's the one I call
> "backspace", since that's what it does.
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backspace) And also to try and avoid
> confusion when communicating, since the two buttons often have totally
> different uses.
>
> As you can probably guess, this is one of my little pet (petty?)
> grievances with general computer vocabulary. Though I think it's
> actually a Mac grievance since I believe it's only Apple who
> officially refer to the backspace button on their keyboards as delete.
> Yet still print "delete" on the delete key. Genius.
>
> So the problem as I see it, is that when the cursor is placed in the
> middle of a sequence (or whatever) name, and "delete" (not backspace)
> is held down until all characters to the right of the cursor have
> gone, continued pressing actually now backspaces over the text to the
> left of the cursor. I'm not in front of an Avid to check right now,
> but I think the reference to Apple solving this issue possibly means
> this is only a problem on PCs now.
>
> D.
>
>
> On 2 October 2011 19:26, Doug Abel <doug@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Huh? I don't see this behavior on several different mac MC's. I assume you mean backspacing, as in the left arrow key, instead of the expected behavior, deleting. Hitting delete key works as expected for me. I use it all the time to deal with the %&#$# 31-character limit!
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@> wrote:
> > In the year 2011 -- why does repeatedly pressing the delete key in Media Composer -- end up backspacing over one's text. I mean, I think Apple solved this issue a long time ago.
> >
>
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