On Jul 15, 2014, at 1:50 PM, "Esteban A. Maringolo" <emaringolo@gmail.com> wrote:
2014-07-15 17:30 GMT-03:00 Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com>:
2014-07-15 20:27 GMT+02:00 Esteban A. Maringolo <emaringolo@gmail.com>:
I find the "... it" suffix obsolete. "Delete it", "Do it", "Print it", etc.
Maybe it made sense in the past, but today it feels weird. There is no "Cut it", "Paste it", etc... nor similar in other software. IMO, if the menu is contextual, the context already applies the "it" (subject).
Did you notice "it" is only mentionned when you will evaluate (do it / print it / debug it / ... )? Otherwise, if it's just text editing there is no it. So there is a sort of logic. IMO that makes sense, because evaluating is a special action.
I did notice.
And I believe the "print-it", "do-it" and similar are there because of historical reasons I don't know, but were carried over without questioning it, maybe since ST-80 . :)
Why make a distinction between copying text and evaluating/profiling/debugging it? I only saw this in Smalltalk.
?? I'd be more than annoyed if copying the text "rm -rf *" evaluated it too...
Esteban A. Maringolo