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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:27:58 +0900
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On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:25 AM, john stultz <johnstul-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I don't see why that would be better then adding a
> clear new mode flag?

In short, time step is a special case of time slew.  Those are the same,
only different in one parameter, as is shown in my previous post.
That's why I said there's no need for adding a new mode.