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Re: [osmic] Rearrange command



On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 08:23:36PM +1100, Bek Oberin wrote:
> What's the point of having the rearrange command in the OSMIC
> protocol specification?
> 
> It seems to me it's something you can accomplish with a few deletes
> and transcludes, and the client software should handle adding an
> explicit "rearrange" command if it wants to, translating the effect
> into the del/trans before it sends it to the server.
> 
> Opinions, please!

You're right.  That seems like a logical simplification to me.  The only
drawback is an increase in the complexity of the client, but I think
the tradeoff is probably worth it.  Try designing it with just the three
fundamental operations on the server side and see how it comes out.

Note that Ted and I discussed implementing "Delete" as just a special case
of "rearrange" last year (rearrange to a special destination signifying
"no longer part of this document").  That makes the three fundamental
operations Insert, Transclude and Rearrange.

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