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- From: dmj@genie.geis.com
- Date: Sat, 2 Jul 94 16:51:00 UTC
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- Subject: Available Keyboard Keys
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- X-Genie-From: DMJ
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- Reply: Item #8348785 from GEM-LIST-APPROVAL@WORLD.STD.COM@INET01#
-
- (I've held my "tongue" for two weeks... what a miracle! ;-)
-
- Evan,
-
- - I think the list pretty much shows how divided we are on what
- - the short-cuts should be. ... The ONLY way to compromise, is
- - to support the App-defs.sys file.
-
- I absolutely, wholeheartedly agree with this. I also feel your other
- arguments--about which keys can and can't be used--become pretty
- pointless if they can be changed by the user to what _they_ can use.
-
- All,
-
- I have said before (and been flamed for it) that I doubt I will
- support the standard unless it includes a configurable file. While
- for the most part I do _not_ have a problem with the short-cuts as
- listed, there are a few cases where I simply cannot abide by the
- choices we are being bullied into. The fact that you wish to brand
- my software as "non-compliant" because I don't use all the keys in
- the list, and try to "blacklist" me for it, strikes me as being a bit
- heavy-handed, not to mention arrogant, presumptuous, and [coarse
- adjectives deleted].
-
- I'd also like to take the opportunity to remind everyone on the list
- that while standards are nice, _please_ do not go too far. Do not
- make the standards so all-encompassing that you take away from the
- programmer their most important choices. For example, someone here
- was suggesting whether big-cursor blocks should be the standard or
- not. I say not; leave _that_ decision up to the programmer, who is
- in the best position to decide what is most appropriate. IT IS NOT
- YOUR PLACE TO DECIDE EVERYTHING FOR THE PROGRAMMER. Also keep in
- mind that users are _not_ a homogenous group of people! Some people
- prefer big-cursor blocks; some don't. Me, I sometimes prefer one,
- sometimes prefer the other; it depends what I'm doing.
-
- Please, direct all flames that do not contribute to the GEM-List
- discussion directly to me in E-mail. Do not clutter the list with
- bitter recriminations, insults, or petty bickering.
-
- Ofir,
-
- If all the software is coming from Germany, why are you bothering to
- ask the non-existent US developers their opinions? (This is NOT a
- rhetorical question.) Your attitude basically seems to be, "Because
- all of the software I see in _UK_ magazines comes from Europe, mainly
- Germany, I don't think US developers carry enough weight to make much
- difference in the GEM-List standard."
-
- Let's face it, Ofir; the ST scene is pretty dismal, all the way
- around. Have you ever tried to get software imported from the US
- into the UK? No? I'd wager it's easier to get it from Germany to
- the UK. So it would make sense that what _you_ see is 99% German.
- But that isn't what _I_ see.
-
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