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- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 94 16:51:18 +0100
- From: nj1@ukc.ac.uk
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- Subject: Just an idea...
- Precedence: bulk
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- I had a small idea the other day, and I thought I'd bounce it around and see
- what people think....
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- You were discussing what symbols would be used to denote Control and Shift a
- while back, and you decided on the standard already used.....
-
- Well, I thought if you use a different set, then it would be IMMEDIATELY
- recognisable to the user as using the Gem-List shortcuts, and also meaning
- they can be altered (probably)... A bit of a strange idea, admittedly, but
- maybe one worth considering....
-
- As there are only two modifiers - Control and Shift-Control - we only need to
- use one the one character to denote what modifier is needed... perhaps the
- degree symbol (ASCII 248) to denot Control, and the filled degree symbol
- (ASCII 249) to denote Shift-Control.... I have also checked these symbols with
- the standard font and the Monaco font with NVDI and they are the same in each.
-
- What does everybody think??
-
- Neil.
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- Neil Jones-Rodway UNIVERSITY OF KENT
- Computer Science Student At Canterbury ####
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