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From: ee161abt@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU (Grobbins)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: stuff in general
Message-ID: <547@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU>
Date: Sat, 11-Oct-86 18:18:19 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 11 18:18:19 1986
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Reply-To: ee161abt@sdcc18.UUCP (Grobbins)
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center
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Keywords: Of Mice and Machines


In article <693@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> god3@sphinx.UUCP (Peter Godwin) writes:
>Rumor has it that the user of the //GS will have the option
>of making selections either via mouse or keyboard... similar to
>the Option - letter method used on the Mac.  In fact, the open
>(or is it closed, I forget) apple key has been changed to the
>Option key.. and commands such as "eject" can be entered as option-e
>or something similar to that.

The open-apple key is now the same as the command key on
Mac/Apple II keyboards.  The Closed apple key has been replaced by the
Option key.  Pull-down menus should support Open-apple key
equivalents the same way Mac programs support command-key
equivalents.  Individual programs may also provide an arrow-key
way to look at & select from the menus (totally obliviating the need
for the mouse.)

Also, note that the IIgs has a completely new kind of mouse from
Apple, which is not compatible with the previous Mac/Lisa mice and
which, significantly, plugs into the keyboard (the Front-Desk Bus)
rather than into a special Mouse port.  Hopefully, third-party
developers will provide keyboards & mice to replace the ones on the
IIgs that have such godawful feel.  (Apple should be ashamed of
itself for releasing such poorly designed data entry peripherals,
but deserves applause for providing the bus for them.)


Grobbins.