[Oberon] Re (2): Keyboard substituting for mouse.

eas lab lab.eas at gmail.com
Mon Jan 18 18:46:30 CET 2016


....
]If you want another key to function as CapsLock, put those commented
]actions in the preferred locations.

]In any case, CONST ... CapsLock = 2; shouldn't need a change.

OK, I confirmed that in ARM.Input.Mod of ALO.

]A disabled <Caps Lock> in a public release for general use probably will
]confuse more than help.

Sure. It's just for personal use. Perhaps a siren @ CapsLok-LED would do.

]The keyboard has been inherited from the mechanical typewriter with
]the convolutions of <Shift>, <Caps Lock>, <Cntrl>, <Alt> and etc. to
]extend functionality.  Better to focus on the display and pointing devices
]and keep the elaborations in software.

Exactly. ETHO is all about the display and pointing device.
Writing near-english notes to the-little-man-in-the-box is absurd.

== Chris Glur.


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