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Article #767Re: Re: In search of a sane keyboard standard
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 15 May 1986 20:42
Date: Thu, 15 May 1986 20:42
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> Here's a thought. How about a keyboard that toggles CAPS LOCK when the user
> hits both shift keys together?
That sound interesting. I'm another devoted caps-lock non-fan... maybe
I'll try it out in my terminal program & use "capslock" for a keypad lock
or something.
> (And while I'm thinking of it: why doesn't somebody make a keyboard without
> explicit function keys, but where CTRL-1 thru CTRL-0 generate an appropriate
> escape sequence?)
Because then CTRL-^ (CTRL-6) gets left out in the rain. Let me think about
it, though... oh, you get into that further down... I prefer just using
ctrl-x without any further rigamarole, myself.
How about doing something about cursor keys? I always have a soft spot in my
heart for the ADM-3a layout: it makes some ASCII sense, and is right there
on the keyboard...
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