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- [IF THIS LOOKS STRANGE, SET YOUR FONT TO COURIER AND YOUR TABS TO 8]
-
- KB.PKG: KEYBOARD MANIA (version 1.1)
- (c) 1993 by Erica Liebman Sadun. All Rights Reserved.
-
- This release and the source code is "FiggleWare" so if you think
- it's cool, drop me a line at erica@cc.gatech.edu and lemme know how it
- went. --Erica Sadun
-
- p.s. don't sell it. don't modify it. just enjoy it and distribute it freely.
- p.p.s. I both beta and review other people's software...HINT HINT. If you
- use and enjoy this package, why not send me a free copy of one of your
- packages? Thanks!
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
- "Who is great and mighty fine?
- You can bet it's Jesse Devine!"
- (Thanks again...)
-
- +===========================================================================+
- | [MinMax][Keyboards] +--------------+ [del->] [bullet] [<-del] [info] |
- | | keyboard | [tab] [space] [return] |
- | [Extras][Styles] +--------------+ [left] [slct all] [right] [close] |
- +===========================================================================+
-
- F E A T U R E S:
-
- * PERSISTANCE: Kbd sticks on your button line next to the alphabet chooser
- and the standard keyboard icon...WHEE!!!
-
- * ICONIFICATION: The MinMax button will let you hide away the keyboard when
- you don't need it and pop it back when you do. The MinMax button looks
- like a little square attached to a bigger square. This is especially
- convenient when the persistant icon is covered by an app.
-
- * REMEMBERED LOCATIONS: The floating keyboard and icon locations are
- remembered for consistancy. To move the keyboard or icon, drag the
- border.
-
- * POPUP EXTRAS: The Extras button which looks like a file folder will let you
- access your applets and the builtin extras conserving screen space.
- Just click for a list of applets or press and hold until you hear the
- "poof" sound and release for the builtins and books.
-
- * REPEATING KEYS: Delete, Space and the Left/Right keys all repeat after a
- delay. Just keep holding the key to start multiple deletes, etc. If
- you undo after this operation, >all< changes are restored!
-
- * MULTIPLE KEYBOARDS: Current keyboards include punctuation, numeric elements
- and the alphabet. To the right of the minimize button, the Keyboards
- button leads you to a list of keyboard alternatives. Send in your
- ideas for new keyboards. The keyboards button looks like a stack of
- keyboards, a filing cabinet or a triple domino depending on the time
- of day and degree of inebriation.
-
- * TIMESTAMP: A special timestamp in the information [?] pane lets you
- mark the date and time.
-
- * DIRECT ACCESS TO STYLES: The Styles button, next to the folder, gives you
- immediate access to the styles slip. Super convenient! The styles
- button looks like a set of line widths with a check next to them.
-
- * MOVEMENT AND EDIT KEYS: A standard palette appears next to the keyboard
- supporting forward and backward delete, superbullet (bullet, return,
- space), tab, space,. return, move left and move right.
-
- * SELECT ALL: tap on any part of the text (get the cursor blinking in the text, that is) then
- press the square "select all" button between the left and right movement keys.
- All the text is selected. Perfect for changing font for long meeting notes!
-
- * KITCHEN SINK (forthcoming: version 0.999)
-
- ================================================================================
-
- * RELEASE NOTES *
-
- 1.1 RELEASE NOTES
-
- 1. Persistant icon on the status line. (WHEE!!!)
- 2. By massive request, much bigger function keys on the right side of the keyboard.
- 3. ";" and bullet in punctuation replaced by < and > by popular request
- 4. Super-slimmed down number keyboard
- 5. Added new Modem, Unix and Task keyboards
- 6. Books now work and are under the standard apps rather than the builtins.
- 7. Added in "select all" option (little square) -- especially convenient
- for changing fonts.
- 8. Time stamp fixed and is now in the [?] info box.
-
- 1.0 RELEASE NOTES
-
- 1. Added in forward delete
- 2. Added in time stamp
- 3. Added in Bullet "macro"
- 4. Reordered some of the standard keys
-
- 0.5 RELEASE NOTES
-
- 1. The return key points left rather than down as per standard keyboard.
- 2. The parentheses keys now work correctly in the numbers keyboard.
- 3. Delete, space and left/right now repeat after a delay.
- 4. Repeated deletes can be undone as one operation.
-
- 0.4 RELEASE NOTES
-
- 1. I figured out how to shrink protokeyboards (set saveBounds rather than
- viewBounds) so the caret is now implemented.
- 2. You can move left and right (but not yet up and down) non-destructively. I
- used Unicodes FS and GS but still haven't found the right ones for
- the UP/DOWN...
- 3. Keyboards now include (a) standard (b) short movement/delete/etc (c)
- numeric (d) alphabet. If you have ideas for others send 'em to me.
- User custom kbds are still in the future.
- 4. The script "i" leads directly to the styles dialog.
- 5. Click on the folder pick from user applets. Press and hold on the folder,
- releasing when you hear "poof" and you will get the builtins and
- books.
- 6. Common keyboard functions: (tab, delete, left, right, space, return) have
- their own palette area to the right of the keys.
- 7. The multiple keyboard icon has changed to "stack of keyboards". (Use your
- imagination.
-
- 0.3 RELEASE NOTES
-
- 1. Multiple keyboards are supported, even if the alternate ones are pretty
- dumb. The heavy [+] button gets you there. [CHANGED in 0.4 to the
- keyboard stack]
- 2. Popup menus get you extra applets and builtins. The folder button goes to
- user added apps, the file cabinet gets you the builtin ones [Changed
- in 0.4].
- 3. Info box is no longer a popup but rather a floatnGo
-
- 0.2 RELEASE NOTES:
-
- 1. You can move the keyboard around the screen
- 2. You can "iconize" the keyboard (use the button in the upper left hand
- corner)
- 3. You can move the icon around the screen. Both the position of the
- keyboard and the icon are remembered.
- 4. I haven't figured out how to do popup stuff bigger than the parent window
- so the info box ([?] key) is a stupid popup list. [Changed IN 0.3]
-
- FORTHCOMING:
- 1. User definable keyboards & 'Macros'
- 2. Sound toggle and other prefs available from [?] info button
- 4. Moving up and down as well as left and right...(if possible)
- 5. Better keyboards and keyboard layouts. (Send in your ideas)
- 6. Cut/Copy/Paste
- 7. Multisized keyboards
- 8. Standard keyboard support
- 9. Shifting (rom_asciishift?)
- 10. "Dashboard" keyboard
-
- KNOWN BUGS
-
- 1. The current keyboard is not checked in the popup list nor
- is it remembered.
- 2. The order of punctuation is task oriented rather than
- the standard qwerty keyboard.
-