Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!mips!apple!keith
From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MPW 3.2 Shell comments
Message-ID: <53820@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 10 Jun 91 08:51:07 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.191256.3929@waikato.ac.nz>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
Lines: 28

In article <1991Jun10.191256.3929@waikato.ac.nz> ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
>
>In the beta versions of 3.2, I could use the "Clear" key on the
>numeric keypad to delete the character following the insertion
>point. The release 3.2 no longer supports this, and the release
>notes make it clear that this only works with the extra "Delete" key
>on the extended keyboards. For shame! I don't have an extended keyboard,
>and don't see the need to pay for function keys just to get this
>capability. Is there any patch I can apply to get this feature back?

I wish that I had a clearly convincing reason for why the "Clear"
function was removed. All I have is the reason put forth in a study
done when the keyboard functions were redesigned, which is that using
Clear would be in violation of the HI Guidelines. I'm not sure what
that means.

Anyway, here's a secret. (I don't think it's that big of a secret, but I
hope the MPW guys done kill me, just the same. Actually, I didn't even
know it was a secret until I failed to find it in the release notes.)
Type "SetKeys" in the Shell, and examine the output. I'll let you
figure things out from there.

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith Rollin  ---  Apple Computer, Inc. 
INTERNET: keith@apple.com
    UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith
"But where the senses fail us, reason must step in."  - Galileo