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From: gbbrooks@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (G. Brandon Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Yet another 1.4 suggestion
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Date: 16 Mar 90 16:08:45 GMT
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In article <9103@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> ln63wkp@sdcc4.ucsd.edu (Viet Ho) writes:
>In article <23493@usc.edu> addison@pollux.usc.edu (Richard Addison) writes:
>>Sometimes I use the keyboard to move the mouse pointer, typically to move
>>something strictly vertically or horizontally.  However, the way it is
>>implemented now makes it a pain to move the mouse pointer from the keyboard
>>mainly because the auto-repeat feature causes EXPONENTIAL acceleration!
>
>  I do too.  Esp when I am doing alot of typing and would prefer
>not to have my right hand leave the keys.    How about a PD util
>that'll support easier mouse movement with the keys?  

	What about an easier way to use the menus with the keyboard? By
pressing (for example) F1 and F2, the menu bar would be controlled by the
arrow keys. Pressing left and right would cycle through the Menu Titles and
up and down would select the options within a menu. Pressing F1 and F2 again
would select the item.
	It seems a lot easier than what it currently is; Holding Alt & Amiga
AND the arrow keys to get control of the mouse; place it in the upper half
of the screen, hold ALT & Open Amiga, move around with the arrows, and
let go of everything.
	Hopefully something like this will be included in 1.4.
			-Brandon