FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: arachne Digest V2 #208

["Ray Andrews" <randrews@xxxxxx>]

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> From: Bob Dohse <bobdohse@xxxxxxxx>

> Ray,

> The added hot key must, logically, be placed in the section of code where
> the keyboard is polled for other hot keys.

> It's only a little bit harder to somehow separate this block of code in
> such a way that ALL hot keys can be easily modified by the individual
> users. There is value in that option, as it adds a degree of flexibility
> that is very open-ended.

> I suspect that the ability to modify the keyboard coding and the ability
> to modify the hot keys could easily be linked into one comprehensive
> keyboard routine (e.g., keyboard.exe) that would handle all keyboard
> interpretation AND simultaneously modify the appropriate graphical pages
> (such as the hot key cheat sheet).

> Something to consider when you guys have some free time (in the year
> 2020, perhaps). <g>

Hi Bob,

Good thinking as always, but some caution is needed with this kind of 
thing since if total freedom with key assignments were allowed, one
could easily screw things up totally.  And, when Arachne has
completely relegated IE to the dustbin of history, her millions of
users will find it easier to communicate with each other if they
have some common understanding of what the keys do.  But conceptually, 
there'd be no need for a separate .exe, just more options in arachne.cfg.
But there's no doubt we can and should move a long way toward more
customizations.

Hey, where are those bridge playing retired DOS wizards you promised me? ;-)

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