Re: [ARMini-support] Delete key
- From: Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: armini-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 23:29:16 +0000
On 18 Nov, A Rawnsley wrote in message
<32bcbdac53.rcomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> If I recall, the Keyboard configure plugin should allow "PC delete", but
> as others have said, RISC OS 5 normally defaults to del-right.
No: RISC OS 5 removed this option (wisely, IMHO). Delete /always/ deletes
right (in icons and OS applications); Backspace deletes left.
However, this doesn't affect third-party applications -- which are expected
to detect the OS and behave accordingly...
> Also, Messenger Pro's built in editor has a PC-style-delete option in its
> Choices window. (Choices... Misc in the editor). Other programs also have
> this feature (I believe Easiwriter, and a number of others).
Incuding Ovation Pro, CashBook, Zap and StrongED (the latter two via their
keymaps)...
For things that don't, my PCKeys 2 module (*not* PCKeys 1, which is
something totally different) will allow the Delete, End and Home keys to be
re-mapped on an application-by-application basis. The recommendation is
that you use an app's built-in option if at all possible, and fall back to
PCKeys if there isn't one.
Copies can be found at http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/software/utils/ --
although looking at the recent changelog, I'd probably be inclined to run
the test build from http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/software/test/ on an
ARMiniX. Note that the licenses differ significantly between stable and test
versions!
--
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England
http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
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