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		metalliqaz 84 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Just let me select text One of many examples of the way that UI has backslid in modern times. I swear, sometimes I think we peaked sometime in the TN3270 days

aartaka 84 days ago [–]

Did the old GUI frameworks allow selecting text though? I had another commenter explain that selectable text is a totally different type of widget than a regular non-selectable text, and a much more involved/heavyweight too!

metalliqaz 83 days ago | [–]

well, not really a gui framework, terminals were text based so it's up to the term/emulator

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