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Re: [zzdev] :zz: Four keypads chugging at once
- To: zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [zzdev] :zz: Four keypads chugging at once
- From: Gossamer <gossamer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 05:12:11 +1000
- In-reply-to: <3.0.3.32.19980930170822.00837100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from Ted Nelson on Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 05:08:22PM +0900
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Ted Nelson wrote:
> I'm all for generality, but since 75% of keyboards
> (an Official Figure I just heard a voice whisper
> from nowhere) are the standard silly arrangement,
> there might well should be an option for those
> who have this keyboard and want four windows.
Why not select just the arrows for moving around, and use (say)
alt-1, alt-2 for selecting which window they apply to?
Gossamer
who hates using the program at the moment, every time I want
to move a cursor it takes me 10 seconds to figure it out!
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