Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!cernvax!chx400!chx400!urz.unibas.ch!gaspar From: gaspar@urz.unibas.ch Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: Archimedes keyboard Message-ID: <1991Feb26.120857.1398@urz.unibas.ch> Date: 26 Feb 91 11:08:57 GMT References: <1991Feb19.160812.20483@cns.umist.ac.uk> <1991Feb25.202045.2240@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland Lines: 37 In article <1991Feb25.202045.2240@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu (Graeme Williams) writes: > In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes: >>vanaards%t7@uk.ac.man.cs writes: >> >>What is the point of making the keyboard look just like a PC keyboard, if you >>then make the backspace key perform a CTRL-H and the Delete key perform a >>Backspace?! AAAAARGH! >> >>Has this been fixed yet? I would like to see this fid, too, very much!!! > Its proper the way it is. The PC way of doing things is quite illogical. It may be logical, but since most people (especially outside UK) first lern to use a PC-way-keyboard and since these types of keyboards are probably the majority this 'standart' should be followed. Can you imagine how many people get annoyed by this and especially if they work on PCs AND their Archimedes. > Consider: How many times do you need to delete the character in *front* of > the cursor - usually it isn't even typed yet. If you are correcting a text or programme source it happens all the time! (tells a lot about my programming skills :-)) > Graeme Williams > gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu So the solution to please all would be a keyboard driver that has the commands *PC-way, *Logical-way... Who volunteers? laci