[softwarelist] Re: Key shortcut

  • From: Brian Carroll <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 18:09:08 +0100

In article <5387d37c3adave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Symes
<dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <3IpKt7BIX5KSFwVL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David
>    Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[ ... ]

> > What is the standard on RISC OS...

> > I have a dim memory about this, maybe it was felt that
> > Ctrl+A was too easy to mix up with caps lock.

> > (sat at keyboard which has had caps lock key removed)

> Thanks for that thought, I'll tell her.  :-)

> BTW. There's a small module for RO "StopCaps", that Stops the
> Caps key from working. (Yes I know you are not using a RO
> computer ATM).

There is also a tiny assembler program, "NoCtrlA", from 1997 that
disables the left-hand control key with Ctrl-A, so the right-hand
key has to be used thus provoking slightly more care when
selecting all. Useful for me with Draw as well as Publisher.

Brian.

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Brian Carroll, Ripon, N Yorks  brian at carrolls dot me dot uk
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