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From: seitz@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Steffen Seitz)
Subject: Re: HP-48 TEXT (was Re: HP95 keyboard?)
In-Reply-To: fin@norge.unet.umn.edu's message of 10 Jun 91 15:20:17 GMT
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>> On 10 Jun 91 15:20:17 GMT, fin@norge.unet.umn.edu (Craig A. Finseth) said:
Craig> 	...
>>However, I find it difficult to type alpha stuff.  Basically, I press
Craig> 	...

and

Craig> Too confusing.  Most of the time that I am typing alpha text, it is
Craig> because HP has so well hidden which menu the function is on (don't
Craig> those people believe in reverse indexes?) that I have given up
Craig> (hunting through the menus) in frustration and all that I want to do
Craig> is enter the name of the <censored> operation.  The last thing that I
Craig> want to do is deal with yet another confusing mode.

For upper case letters you may *keep the \alpha-key pressed* while entering
the name of an operation e.g. \alpha-R-C-L-F.

Steffen Seitz

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