Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!uflorida!gatech!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!hodas From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: RESULTS: Editors which use the extended keyboard Keywords: QUED/M and MacroMaker (system 6.0) Message-ID: <5964@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 1 Nov 88 14:10:58 GMT References: <2248@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Josh Hodas) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 61 In article <2248@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> pez@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Daniel J Pezely) writes: > >About a week ago, I posted a request for information about editors which >make use of the extended keyboard. Here is an overview of what I was >mailed: > >One suggestion was to get QUED/M. I haven't found any stores that had >a copy in stock to demo, so I don't know anything about it. > >The cheapest solution is to get the latest version of the System software and >use MacroMaker to redefine the extended keys in any software package. If >you bring your own blank disks, most computer stores will let you copy the >latest version of the Mac system software. ... > >One Thing to remember about defining a macro, If you use the mouse for things >such as PGUP/PGDN, Delete Line, and Top Of File, the exact screen (global) >coordinates are recorded by MacroMaker. What I did, was to define PGUP/PGDN >as 30 or so UP/DN key strokes. Delete Line is SHIFT+OPT+LEFT, SHIFT+OPT+RIGHT, >BACKSPACE, DOWN, and BACKSPACE. These may not be the best ways, but they work. >The only problem is that PGUP/PGDN is really slow. > > - Daniel Pezely (pez@vax1.acs.udel.edu) > University of Delaware This is a really good reason to spring the extra money (~$65 mail order) for C.E. Software's wonderful package QuicKeys. Amongst its many features are the ability to add what they call "Mousies" to a macro sequence. A Mousey is a mouse sequence that performs an action on the topmost window, regardless of its screen coordinates. The built-in mousies include: Line up/down (click in arrow on vertical scroll bar) Page up/down ( " at extreme end of vertical scroll bar) Home/End (drag elevator to top or bottom of scroll bar) similar horizontal actions close (click in close box) zoom ( " " zoom " ) Theses are just a few of the many many things a quickey macro can do. I have used it for many things ranging from making my keyboard the perfect emacs keyboard when I'm logged in (things like make option a true meta-key [unavailable in versaterm] by making opt- ==> esc) to setting up some really handy macros for moving things around in hypercard stacks under development. Anyway I love it. Josh Hodas (Disclaimer: I have no connection at all with C.E. software other than believing that Don Brown is a God) ------------------------- Josh Hodas (hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) 4223 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 222-7112 (home) (215) 898-5423 (school office)