[duxuser] Re: Jumping to codes with the initial letter
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:13:04 +0100
Hi Ramona,
A kindly list member has just reminded me that the process I described is
called, "incremental typing"
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Bell
> Sent: 24 October 2002 16:14
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Jumping to codes with the initial letter
>
>
> Hi Ramona,
>
> Things have indeed changed in DBT 10.4.
>
> I forget the exact term for the process, but when you press
> say the letter c, it will obviously take you to the start of
> the alphabetical items beginning with that letter.
>
> The next (second) letter you press will take you to the
> beginning of the section within the c group containing that letter.
>
> Let's say I have a list like:-
>
> butter
> cat1
> cat2
> comp1
> comp2
> crazy1
> crazy2
> crowd1
> crowd2
> dog
>
> If I press c, I will land on "cat1". If I next press the
> letter r, it will jump four items forward to items beginning
> with "cr" as in "crazy". If I then type the letter o, I'll
> jump to items beginning "cro" as in "crowd". To get to
> "crowd" the old way would require 7 presses of the letter c.
>
> In relatively unpopulated lists, it's not so much of a
> problem, but in large lists especially, this is the preferred method.
>
> George Bell
> Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ramona Mandy [mailto:rmandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 24 October 2002 00:13
> > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [duxuser] Jumping to codes with the initial letter
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have noticed a little thing in DBT 10.4 which is a little
> > inconvenient
> > but certainly not a show stopper. In 10.3, if I wanted to
> insert the
> > compinline code to some selected text, I would hit F8 then
> > press the letter
> > c three times to get to that item then press Enter. In 10.4,
> > to do the
> > same, I have to press F8, then c once then arrow down to the
> > desired item.
> > In otherwords, repeated pressing of a letter in the F8 menu
> > will not move
> > you through the items beginning with that letter.
> >
> > Isn't it funny how having to move one hand over to the arrow keys
> > occasionally when once I didn't have to can seem like a nuisance.
> > Afterall, it's no more keystrokes than before but you do
> tend to miss
> > little things that you once had.
> >
> > Ramona
> >
> >
> > Ramona Mandy
> > BrailleNote Promotions Officer
> > Pulse Data Australia
> > 27 Palmer Street
> > South Melbourne VIC 3205
> >
> > Tel: 03 9686 2601
> > Fax: 02 9686 2855
> > Email: rmandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Web: www.pulsedata.com
> >
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