Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!funic!nntp.hut.fi!cs.hut.fi!Juha.Hyvonen From: Juha.Hyvonen@hut.fi (Juha Hyv|nen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Balloon Help Idea Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 09:22:18 GMT References: <0D010010.mkzmfh@brain.UUCP> <1991Jun17.183013.10154@eng.umd.edu> Sender: usenet@nntp.hut.fi (Usenet pseudouser id) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: russotto@eng.umd.edu's message of 17 Jun 91 18:30:13 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sauna.cs.hut.fi In article <1991Jun17.183013.10154@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes: +------------------------ ! In article ! Juha.Hyvonen@hut.fi (Juha Hyv|nen) writes: ! >In article <0D010010.mkzmfh@brain.UUCP> chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck ! >Shotton) writes: ! >+------------------------ ! >! Whatever happened to command-? as a "standard" way to bring up help info? ! >! That would be a fine alternative to the help key, but it seems that Apple ! >! doesn't emphasize that method in the Human Interface guidelines anymore. ! >!........................ ! > ! >That would be command-shift- + (plus) on my Finnish keyboard. ! ! So what? It's command-shift- / (slash) on a US keyboard. !........................ The "what" is it does not work on my keyboard because applications must be assuming command-? is command-/ with the shift key held down. Disinfectant and MSWord both fail to recognize command-? (command-shift- +) on my keyboard. What other applications (try to) use command-? (Command-shift-/ might work, but there is no / key on my keyboard. The / is shift-7.) / (.__o /_/ __/ .. ! / ! Juha.Hyvonen@hut.fi (juh@sauna.cs.hut.fi) !/ ) ! ------