RE: F8 toggle between text and comand line

["Earls, JP" <JEarls>]

Bob--
I think there is some deep mystery of spiritual orientation here.  On
the one hand are those who enjoyed the convenience of using one finger
to switch between the command line and the screen, and, having had it
taken away from them for no stated reason, and an empty slot left where
it was, take up arms against a sea of programmers and restore it. Yes,
true, in some future version, perhaps 6.9 or 7.2, that slot will be used
for something else, but as it is now, it is empty and calling for
restoration of the one finger toggle.
On the other hand are those who believe the Great Dragonfly has taken
this convenience away from us for Its own shadowy purpose and has put
given us a three-fingered toggle for our own good, even though we might
not see it.   Perhaps this is why the Prophets Stephen and Anne are
silent about this, indicating the depth of the GD's purposes.  Why
should we, Prometheus-like, dare to take Olympian matters in our own
mortal hands and restore the old one-fingered way of toggling? 
This may not answer your question, but, indeed, is there any explanation
for such mysteries?

J. P. Earls, OSB
St. John' University
Collegeville, MN  56321

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Webb [mailto:webb.bob] 
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 10:07 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list NOTABENE
Subject: RE: F8 toggle between text and comand line


Well, could you not put in on F8 in your keyboard file? Mary B. taught
me
how to do it this week with a command that uses F8 to switch between two
windows. F8 right now is empty, so you could put whatever you wanted
there.

Bob.


Robert L. Webb
Webb.Bob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: notabene 
> [mailto:notabene] On Behalf Of Lawrie Cherniack
> Sent: January 10, 2003 6:05 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list NOTABENE
> Subject: Re: F8 toggle between text and comand line
> 
> 
> While I too miss F8, there is an equivalent to F8.  It is 
> Control Shift F10 which toggles between text and command line.
> 
> Lawrie
> ---------------------------------------------
> Lawrie Cherniack
> Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
> ---------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mervyn E. Bennun" <mebennun>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list NOTABENE" 
> <notabene>
> Sent: 10 January 2003 10:07 AM
> Subject: F8 toggle between text and comand line
> 
> 
> | Y'know, there was a  simple and gloriously useful keyboard 
> feature in 
> | NBDos (the toggle between text and command line) which was 
> lost with 
> | NBWin. I've never understood why it was taken from us; it was 
> | suggested once that the Great Dragonfly planned to use 
> unshifted  F8 
> | for something else in NBWin, but this has not happened. As 
> a committed
> | command-line user (it's quicker than mousing or menuing) F8
> | is invaluable to me as it leaves the command line intact,
> | unlike F9 which clears it.
> |
> | The change is simple and seems to be without penalty - the current 
> | designation is merely NO. I give highly detailed 
> instructions to help 
> | anyone who has never tried customising NB and fears tinkering with 
> | system files. Have a go at this, as it's a useful and simple start.
> |
> | Call your current in-use keyboard driver to the screen as 
> normal text. 
> | It is in \nbwin\users\default and has the extension .KBD. If you've 
> | selected the NB standard keyboard, it's called NB.KBD.
> |
> | Scrolling down carefully, find the first and second
> | instances of
> |
> | 66=NO
> |
> | In each case, put a semi-colon (;) as the first character 
> so that the 
> | line reads
> |
> | ;66=NO
> |
> | and insert a line below reading
> |
> | 66=CC
> |
> | Store and either load the modified driver  with
> |
> | F9 load \nbwin\users\default\xxx.KBD F10
> |
> | or quit and reload NB.
> |
> | The initial semi-colon prevents the line from loading. CC 
> stands for 
> | the keyboard function "Change Cursor". For added effect, 
> you could add 
> | a memo below along the lines of
> |
> | ;Changed on (date) for F8 toggle
> |
> | These are the two designations which relate to the totally 
> un-shifted 
> | and the Caps Lock states of the keyboard.
> |
> | Mervyn
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