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Article #40093Re: Real keyboards the way God designed them to be
From: John P. Nelson
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 17:39
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 17:39
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>I wouldn't worry too much about key placement, since you can remap the
>keys through software anyway. Buy one that has the touch you like, then
>get a keyboard program and lay it out exactly the way you want it.
Except that not all software honors the remapping.
I would MUCH prefer a keyboard with a reasonable layout over one that
I have to remap. It is very confusing when your remapping works with
some programs, but not with others.
john nelson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!husc6!genrad!jpn From: jpn@genrad.com (John P. Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Real keyboards the way God designed them to be Message-ID: <30272@genrad.UUCP> Date: 20 Dec 89 17:39:10 GMT References: <1989Dec17.002636.1736@athena.mit.edu> <4583@ur-cc.UUCP> Sender: news@genrad.UUCP Reply-To: jpn@genrad.UUCP (John P. Nelson) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 14