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From: drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple Extended Keyboard Support
Message-ID: <255@dbase.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 08:56:41 EST
Article-I.D.: dbase.255
Posted: Tue Nov  3 08:56:41 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 09:44:31 EST
References: <4820@cisunx.UUCP>
Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal.
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Summary: Already there

In article <4820@cisunx.UUCP>, jasst3@cisunx.UUCP (sullivan jeffrey a.) writes:
> Will Apple be releasing any kind of support for my Extended keyboard?  I'd hate
> to have to buy a product like QuickKeys just to use something that Apple
> should have for free.
> 

Each of the keys on the extended keyboard sends a code, just like any other
key.  It is up to application programs to check for those codes, just like on
the PC and its ilk.  The support is already there, now it's up to applications
to recognize the results they're being fed.

QuicKeys, however, is an excellent product and should be strongly considered by
anyone who is going to be using a MacPlus, SE, or II especially now that Multi-
finder is out.  Define application-specific keysets, something that SuperKey
and its brethren don't allow, and macro your common activities in each app that
you run.  It saves a lot of time and aggravation.  They wouldn't allow me to
put a few "special" key equivalents into dBASE Mac for things like "Print
Current Form" and defining a field as Numeric, but with QuicKeys I have those
when I'm running dBASE Mac.

Dennis Cohen
Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center
dBASE Mac Development Team
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Disclaimer:  Opinions expressed are my own.  I don't know what (if any) opinions
my employer might have on any subject under discussion.