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In article <2248@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> pez@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Daniel J Pezely) writes:
>
>About a week ago, I posted a request for information about editors which
>make use of the extended keyboard.  Here is an overview of what I was 
>mailed:
>
>One suggestion was to get QUED/M.  I haven't found any stores that had 
>a copy in stock to demo, so I don't know anything about it.
>
>The cheapest solution is to get the latest version of the System software and
>use MacroMaker to redefine the extended keys in any software package.  If
>you bring your own blank disks, most computer stores will let you copy the
>latest version of the Mac system software.  

...
>
>One Thing to remember about defining a macro, If you use the mouse for things
>such as PGUP/PGDN, Delete Line, and Top Of File, the exact screen (global) 
>coordinates are recorded by MacroMaker.  What I did, was to define PGUP/PGDN
>as 30 or so UP/DN key strokes. Delete Line is SHIFT+OPT+LEFT, SHIFT+OPT+RIGHT,
>BACKSPACE, DOWN, and BACKSPACE. These may not be the best ways, but they work.
>The only problem is that PGUP/PGDN is really slow.
>
>					- Daniel Pezely (pez@vax1.acs.udel.edu)
>					  University of Delaware

This is a really good reason to spring the extra money (~$65 mail order) for
C.E. Software's wonderful package QuicKeys.  Amongst its many features are the
ability to add what they call "Mousies" to a macro sequence.  A Mousey is a 
mouse sequence that performs an action on the topmost window, regardless of its
screen coordinates.  The built-in mousies include:

Line up/down (click in arrow on vertical scroll bar)
Page up/down ( "    at extreme end of vertical scroll bar)
Home/End     (drag elevator to top or bottom of scroll bar)
similar horizontal actions
close        (click in close box)
zoom         (  "   "  zoom  "  )

Theses are just a few of the many many things a quickey macro can do.
I have used it for many things ranging from making my keyboard the perfect
emacs keyboard when I'm logged in (things like make option a true meta-key
[unavailable in versaterm] by making opt-<key>  ==> esc<key>) to setting
up some really handy macros for moving things around in hypercard stacks
under development.

Anyway I love it.

Josh Hodas

(Disclaimer:  I have no connection at all with C.E. software other than
              believing that Don Brown is a God)


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