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From: koopman@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Philip Koopman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: 3-key input?
Summary: it uses chords (sort of)
Message-ID: <10133@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 7 Aug 90 11:07:54 GMT
References: <1472.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP>
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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In article <1472.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP>, dwp@willett.UUCP (Doug Philips) writes:
> I recall seeing that CM is currently touting the wonders of "3 key" only input.
> Does anyone know what he means?  I assume that it *isn't* a chord keyboard, but
> rather an interface.  Of course, I'm not sure since I don't know what it is.

I saw Chuck using one with Sh-Boom at Rochester this summer.
Yes, it *is* a chord keyboard.  Chuck uses it to select one item
from seven in a menu (no keys pressed means no selection yet).
ASCII keystrokes (I assume it's ASCII, but maybe not, knowing Chuck),
are entered by traversing a series of menus.  Also, on ShBoom,
the menus are not actually displayed, since Chuck has them all
memorized anyway.

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