Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!decwrl!adobe!heaven!glenn From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT keyboards Message-ID: <415@heaven.woodside.ca.us> Date: 8 Feb 91 19:50:51 GMT References: <5111@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <_u8G$b1f@cs.psu.edu> <1991Feb5.032803.23922@ni.umd.edu> <11946@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <10811@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <10839@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) Organization: RightBrain Software, Woodside, CA Lines: 23 In article <10839@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> carlton@aldebaran.berkeley.edu (Mike Carlton) writes: >Below is source to a quick hack that reads a keymap on stdin and changes the >shift-del character to one given on the command line. To run, compile >this and run "a.out '|' new.keymapping". This is a great hack, and it seems to work well, except that it should be "USA.keymapping" in your example above. But what about the backslash character? That's still lurking over on the numeric keypad.... As long as we're chorusing, I don't like the new keyboards either, and if NeXT offered the old one, I would throw this one away. It amuses me that the NeXTstation comes with a manual called "Here's how to set up your computer and get up to speed," in which they talk about pressing the "Delete" key and the "Tab" key, but the keys are labeled "<--" and "|<-- -->|" on the actual keyboard. It is a beautiful book, though. -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us NeXT/PostScript developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785 (fax 851-1470)