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Re: Command features

#4628
From: My Account
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:29
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In article <63596@mimsy.umd.edu> alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore) writes:
> In article <2182@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> t68@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Jos Vermaseren)  
writes:
> > Command-<up> and command-<down> will cycle through the window list.
> 
> unfortunately, this is an almost useless feature because you still have to  
take
> your hands off the keyboard to click the mouse to select the new key window.
> so what good is a KEYBOARD shortcut that requires you to use the mouse for  
most
> practical purposes??
> 
> Stuart's alt-arrow key combinations are much more useful to me, because they
> change the key window also.  unfortunately that doesnt effect non Stuart  
windows.
> 
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Alex Blakemore alex@cs.umd.edu   NeXT mail accepted

Well, I admit the keyboard shortcut is generally stupid, but it is very useful  
if you want to see what is in another window (like something in Webster's) and  
then you want to snap back to what you were doing before.
 
Still, using the mouse is annoying.
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