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- From: winders@aux.support.apple.com (Scott Winders)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Command Keys in 7.1. What happened?
- Message-ID: <winders-220193190118@macwinders.support.apple.com>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 03:07:49 GMT
- References: <1jngpgINNlia@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Sender: daemon@Apple.COM
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
- Lines: 32
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- In article <1jngpgINNlia@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, jxj24@po.CWRU.Edu (Jonathan
- Jacobs) wrote:
- >
- >
- > OK, Apple -- what gives?
- >
- > Why have you changed the way command keys are interpreted in 7.1?
- > You've mucked around with the "option" key and have screwed me up.
- > I mean, I can understand not differentiating between "a" and "A", since
- > that would be pretty confusing, but I don't really think that "option-A"
- > should be the same as "a" (or "shift-a").
- >
- > I really liked being able to assign command-option-whatever to a menu
- > selection in the Finder. Now I can't do this. Booo! And for this I
- > paid $30?
- >
- > So how can I hack the option filter out? There must be some bytes to
- > null away somewhere in your code to remove the option equivalence, right?
- >
- > I await your reply with palpable eagerness. Right.
-
- Jon,
-
- With an attitude like this, you are sure inspire all Apple people to
- answer your question.
-
- NOT!
-
- Scott Winders
- winders@aux.support.apple.com
-
- "My opinions are my own, not my employer's"
-