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From: stluka@software.org (Fred Stluka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: How to redefine keys
Summary: When did alphanumeric keys become definable?
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Date: 19 Sep 90 20:53:46 GMT
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Reply-To: stluka@software.org (Fred Stluka)
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How long has it been possible to redefine the normal (alphabetic)
keys on the Apollo keyboard?  Has it always been that way?  

When I first started using Apollo's in 1987, I read through all 
the DM manuals, and redefined keys like crazy. I set up some 
key-chording, modified the numeric keypad to look a lot like 
the VMS EDT keypad which my fingers knew so well, etc.
I programmed the function keys, the control keys, up-strokes,
down-strokes, shifted and unshifted, but I never tripped across 
the fact that the keynames for the regular alphabetic keys are 
the characters in quotes.  This means I can define as many 
shift (meta) keys as I want by defining the down-stroke of 
each meta key to remap the entire keyboard, and defining the 
up-stroke to put it back.  I love it!

How long has this been possible?  And where is it documented?

--Fred

Fred Stluka                          Internet: stluka@software.org
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