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From: jthornto@fs1.ee.ubc.ca (THORNTON JOHAN A)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Soft Keys Application [and LBROWSE example]
Keywords: user, key, definitions
Message-ID: <1450@fs1.ee.ubc.ca>
Date: 20 Nov 90 07:12:36 GMT
References: <1448@fs1.ee.ubc.ca> <11960@life.ai.mit.edu>
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Incidentally, bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) writes:
 >In article <1448@fs1.ee.ubc.ca> 
 >   jthornto@fs1.ee.ubc.ca (THORNTON JOHAN A) writes:
 >
 > > This is my "Soft Keys" application.
 >
 >   Plenty of thanks! This is something I've needed and planned to do
 >myself. Why do you use integer key codes, [BLUE][NXT][BLUE][S] could
 >have a binding different from [BLUE][NXT][S]?

The KEY command only returns the first key, whether it's an S or [blue].
But it *is* trivial to modify the code to tack on a decimal ending to the
definitions.  The move would even be upward compatible with an old KLIST.
I'll post it in a few days.

 > > I chose [blue] [NXT] as the hot key; it's not used for anything
 > > anyways.
 >
 >   Hmm... mine certainly does something... it moves to the beginning
 >of the current menu, a function that I find quite useful. 

Oops.  I was to quick on the trigger.  Indeed, [blue] [NXT] does that.
Oh well, I'm stuck on it.  Pick your own favourite.  A good idea is
to soft-define the same key to the original function that you user-defined
the KEYS program to.  That way, the original function is just one keypress
away.


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