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- From: khollis@bitsink.gbdata.com (K. Hollis)
- Subject: Hello, world! :)
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 10:52:00 +0000 (GMT)
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- Hello, all... I'd like to introduce myself for a moment if I could.
-
- My name is Ken Hollis, and I've got my own software company called "Bitgate
- Software". It's strictly public domain, so we're not selling anything in
- the real market yet.
-
- You may have heard my name in various places such as Telnet, IRC, or on
- news. I have accumulated rights to Let 'em Fly from Oliver Scheel, and
- am currently working on the program part time. (The other part is
- talking on IRC!) I have been reading "keyboard-equivalent" proposals
- and I agree and disagree on quite a number of things. I wanted to point
- out some standards which should remain so in not only keyboard equivalents,
- but also in Extended Object Types.
-
- As you know or may not know, I have also published Gem Master Listing, which
- contains indices to all known AES commands (whether made by another program
- or not). If anyone wants a copy of the listing, they should write to me
- and not to gem-list. Secondly, the Extended Object Type indices listed
- will not be listed as numbers, but as information. :)
-
- "My proposal on Keyboard Equivalents"
- "=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-="
-
- Standards should be used in creating keyboard equivalents when specifying
- a standard function. But, as Geneva does, you should be able to freely
- re-assign keyboard equivalents based on user preference. I have found
- this type of idea very useful. Also, instead of saving the keyboard table
- as a file, as DMJ noted, we should have it saved in the program itself,
- and allow the user to bring up a setup screen at will.
-
- Therefore, the standard keyboard equivalents that should remain untouched
- are:
-
- CTRL-U: Close the top window
- CTRL-*: Full the top window
- CTRL-W: Rotate/Push to bottom the current window
- CTRL-UPARROW: Same as moving the slider up one unit
- CTRL-DNARROW: Same as moving the slider down one unit
- CTRL-SHIFT-UP: Same as paging up
- CTRL-SHIFT-DN: Same as paging down
- CTRL-LF,
- CTRL-RT,
- CTRL-SHIFT-LF,
- CTRL-SHIFT-RT: Same as above but with left and right respectively.
-
- ALT-TAB: Cascade windows/push to bottom
- ALT-ESC: Close all open windows (or wind_new in TOS 1.4)
- ALT-SPACE: Redraw all open windows
- ALT-KPENTER: Redraw current window
- ALT-/: Iconify current window
- ALT-BACKSPACE: Close topped window
-
- And, as a standard help screen, SHIFT-HELP should always be used as an
- IMMEDIATE help screen.
-
- "Extended Object Type proposals"
- "=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-"
-
- Some of you may agree with this idea, some of you may not. This idea is
- based on using Olaf Meisiek's Extended Object Types as a standard (or those
- used in InterFace RCS). Atari has already taken this into effect, and put
- the idea of using these EObTs in their MultiTOS documentation. I propose
- that these EObTs remain untouched, and that these EObTs remain as the
- standard for object fixing. Any seconds?
-
- I may upload my listing, but it depends on how many people will want the
- listing posted. If I get all "YES" and no "NO" votes, I will post the
- GEM Master Listing. If I get at least one "NO" vote, the listing will not
- be posted. A final listing will be posted in one week from this time.
-
- Thanks for letting myself be known. Anyone wanting questions about Let 'em
- Fly's new project, or anyone wanting to join in on the project should write
- me! I'd be more than happy to include some more "happy" faces in the
- programming project.
-
- -- Ken Hollis
-
- /--\
- ' | The ROL of the bits has never been more clear. Only Bitgate makes
- | it crystal clear with XAES, Bitgate's new AES Enhancement Program.
- . | ------------------------------------------------------------------
- : | Bitgate Software Public Domain (khollis@bitsink.gbdata.com)
- | |
- | | Main coder/Distributor: Ken Hollis (khollis@bitsink.gbdata.com)
- : | Secondary coder : Darryl Piper (drpiper@cix.compulink.co.uk)
- ' | Betatesters : Dan Hollis, Oliver Scheel, Steve Sowerby
- . | Distributor : Andrew Smith (asmith@zero.cypher.com)
- \--/ (God I need to shorten this!)
-