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From: jon@weber.ucsd.edu (Jon Matousek)
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Subject: Re: Nisus 3.0-extended command keys.
Summary: Nisus 3.0 command keys, continued.
Keywords: nisus 3.0 command keys word
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Date: 4 Sep 90 16:24:04 GMT
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In article <150783@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes:
>OK, I'll bite. All I really care about is the ability to load up the
>function keys. The commands I use most frequently are variations of
>F1 through F15. So far I haven't resorted to doubling up shift keys
>pressed with a function key, but most of them have 4 or 5 functions
>assigned to them.

If you do not double up function keys then how do you manage to get 4 or
5 functions assigned to them? Could you please clarify this for me?

>
>I don't waste a function key on a standard key sequence like those for
>cut, copy, paste, and undo. Haven't we all memorized those long ago?
>(I only mention this because of the labeling on the extended keyboard.)
>
>The two most heavily used Function keys are F1 (format paragraph) and
>F5 (apply a style) in Word. Those are the easiest for me to hit 
>quickly.

The reason why I personally do not like function keys is that you have
to lift your hand off to reach them. Doesn't that bother you too? (Out
of curiosity, what does the format paragraph command do, I'm not that
familiar with Word?)

>Does Nisus let you use the numeric keypad for commands like Word does?

I'm not sure if it is the same as Word, but you can assign command keys
that are specific to the keypad. I use keypad assignments for setting
the point size; e.g. command-keypad 1-keypad 2 is assigned to 12 point.

>I depend on that for beginning of line and end of line, along with
>single-line scrolling.

Nisus makes use of the arrow keys for moving about.

>What about the extra keys on the extended 
>keyboard (Page up/down, home/end, help and delete forward)? Does Nisus
>make use of those?

Yes, Nisus does make use of Page up/down, home/end, help and delete
forward keys.

>
>I guess I wouldn't be too interested in double or triple command keys
>(whatever those are) but I did find myself starting to do a dw to 
>delete a word the other day.

That is exactly why I have allowed for Nisus users to create and use
multi letter command keys, so you could do something like
command-dw to (d)elete (w)ord.

>All an application really needs to do is
>set itself up like Word and let you decide for yourself. (Not that 
>Word lets you do command-dw or anything like that; I just really 
>appreciate getting to define my own keys.)
>
>Shirley Kehr

Nisus lets you assign 125000+ command keys to your heart's content :-).

-jOn

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