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Article #3386Re: What's that thing in the top right corner??
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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1989 19:52
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1989 19:52
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In article <SAAF.89Aug21130332@joker.optics.rochester.edu> saaf@joker.optics.rochester.edu (Lenny Saaf) writes: >I've just noticed a strange looking "icon" in the upper right corner >of our Macs (two Pluses and a II). It is located just to the right of >the small icon indicating the present application running under Multifinder. >It looks like a square "U." Successive hits on the shift key makes >it appear. If you would have taken two minutes to Read The F*cking Manual (RTFM) you would have noticed something called "Easy access". Apart from acting like a shift lock for modifier keys, in the manner described in your post, it also gives you the ability to move the mouse cursor w/o moving the mouse (Hit Cmd-Shift-CrossedBox, move cursor with key pad, click with 5 etc.) It is a standard part of Sys 6, and is an Apple Acclaimed INIT (Works w/o side effects... Yes, there ARE such things ! :-) -- This is your fortune from h+@nada.kth.se: Reality's the only obstacle to happiness.
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