[Oberon] Have MenuInputTablets confirmed ETHO's TUI?

Srinivas Nayak sinu.nayak2001 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 14 09:08:36 CEST 2016


I see in Oberon, backspace key works, but not delete key.
Right, Left arrow keys work, but not Up, Down arrow keys.
Home, End, PageUp, PageDown doesn't work.
Is this intentionally done to reduce keyboard use?


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Yours sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak

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On 04/14/2016 08:23 AM, eas lab wrote:
> I see the public inputting to their tablets via:
>   1. see the menu;
>   2. select from what is seen.
>
> This is how ETHO works; but never became popular.
>
> Will these new users, in future, dislike the idea of using a computer
> by looking up-and-down [like a chicken] to see the display and the
> keybrd alternatively?
>
> A stenographer or 'typist' who doesn't need to access all the extra
> keys, which computing has introduced, since the original optimum
> keybrd-design, can operate like a skilled pianist and never need
> to look down at the keybrd.
>
> But with the menu/ETHO method, you can select in one-operation, what
> keying would need 50 operations for.
>
> So how will it evolve in our fast moving future?
>
> == Chris Glur.
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