Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!qantel!hplabs!tektronix!orca!hammer!seifert From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) Newsgroups: net.info-terms,net.internat Subject: Re: CAPS LOCK Message-ID: <2035@hammer.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-May-86 14:26:41 EDT Article-I.D.: hammer.2035 Posted: Sat May 17 14:26:41 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 20-May-86 06:35:34 EDT References: <2071@cbosgd.UUCP> <787@bentley.UUCP> <1071@ellie.UUCP> <1028@kitty.UUCP> Reply-To: tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy (Snoopy) Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 30 Keywords: keyboard, standard, ANSI Xref: linus net.info-terms:503 net.internat:53 In article <1028@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: >In article <1071@ellie.UUCP>, colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes: >> If there's a CAPS LOCK (or a SHIFT LOCK), there ought to be a signal light >> too. I don't care how much it costs! >> >> I'll waive the light if the key stays down till you hit it again. > > Who looks at their keyboard? The ideal place for a CAPS LOCK and/or >NUM LOCK (if you have one) indication is on the VIDEO TERMINAL STATUS LINE. >That's where it is on all of our AT&T 4410, 4415 and 4425 video terminals, >which suits me just fine. The Ann Arbor XL series has a red LED in the caps-lock key. I think it is a good idea, and wish the 'print' key had one also. (and any other key that toggles something rather than just sending a char to the computer) Who looks at their keyboard? Well I do. I use different keyboards, thus I have to look at them to find where the they put the square brackets or whatever. I don't want a bunch of extra crap displayed on the screen for caps-lock, etc. That uses up space on the screen I could be using for something else. In the case of caps-lock, the only time it gets used is when I need to type a bunch of caps and I'm typing with one hand because the other is busy. BTW, the Ann Arbor XL is pretty nice, especially the portrait mode one, except that the power supply hates glitches. Anyone looked into beefing up the power supply? Snoopy tektronix!tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy