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The ST keyboard

#38460
From: John Stanley
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1989 22:14
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[Larry Rymal <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET> writes...]

> I really dislike the function key shape.  I hate to see the style
> boys getting priority over function.

  I agree!  The artsy function keys are a real pain.

> I also wish that we had some sort of CAPS LOCK indicator.  Gee,
> seems I voiced all of this during the summer of 1985, when I first
> bought an ST.

  Larry, drop me a note if you'd like an on-screen capslock indicator.

  My program (JCLOCK8b) is an am/pm style resident corner-clock.  The am
or pm changes to AM or PM when the capslock is activated.  I find this to
be a useful and functional capslock indicator.  The program has a number
of other nice features like: will run in -any- program (tos, ttp, or gem),
can be switched on/off with a special hotkey that doesn't conflict with
anything I've seen, and doesn't have any of the psudo multi-tasking or
keyboard problems that some clock programs have.

  The only major failing it has is that it displays only in the resolution
you are using when you boot it.  This means that if you're using a color
monitor and switch resolutions it doesn't display correctly (but you can
easily turn it off)...  (I do plan on fixing this sometime "soon", but I'm
not sure how soon I'll be able to make time for it...)

  Anyway, drop me a note if you'd like a copy.

	... John STanley

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John Stanley <dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP>
Software Consultant / Dynasoft Systems
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From: dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP (John Stanley)
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Subject: The ST keyboard
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Date: 29 Apr 89 22:14:22 GMT
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