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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:40:55 CDT
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- From: "Richard A. Schafer" <SCHAFER@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
- Subject: Function key description lines
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- I'll probably send out the package this evening, so this is a little
- late to be asking the question. But here goes: I've written code
- to allow users to specify from 1 to 4 descriptive lines, automatically
- sorting and displaying the function key assignments (as built by the
- Options windows *only* - if you set things by hand you'll also need to
- build the reserved lines by hand), 6 to a line. If you redefine the Help
- key to F24, then F24 will show Help (and only if you show all 4 lines),
- for example.
-
- I'm planning on changing the default for key.lines to be 2 unless
- someone seriously objects. That's because with the sorted ordering,
- having only 1 line will only pickup keys 1 through 6, leaving out some
- of the important things like scrolling and cancel.
-
- Of course, you can redefine things so scrolling appears in the first
- six keys, but since people were used to having two lines in previous
- versions, I felt this (unfortunately, non-CUA) default was worth changing.
-
- If someone has serious objections, please let me know ASAP.
-
-
- I've also added code to allow previous and next to display deleted items:
-
- NEXT (ANY
- PREVIOUS (ANY
-
- I've also added code to allow people to refuse to see any CMS windows, if
- that really bothers them. A new CMS.WINDOWS option can be set to NO at
- INITIAL time (or via the windows) to force using linemode style
- question/answer dialogs.
-