Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!bionet!apple!rutgers!mit-eddie!killer!pollux!ti-csl!m2!holland From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Finder improvements Message-ID: <64392@ti-csl.CSNET> Date: 25 Nov 88 22:20:51 GMT References: <1988Nov23.153852.17569@cs.rochester.edu> Sender: news@ti-csl.CSNET Reply-To: holland@m2.UUCP (Fred Hollander) Organization: TI Computer Science Center, Dallas Lines: 24 In article <1988Nov23.153852.17569@cs.rochester.edu> @DOUGHNUT.CS.ROCHESTER.EDU:miller@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU writes: >From: Brad Miller > >One thing the Symbolics/Explorer lets you do is use shifty keys with the > >A pity when apple redesigned their keyboard they a) didn't include more >shift keys and b) decided on such a lousy key arrangement. Control is used >almost as often as shift in a real editor (that is, EMACS or derivatives) >and should be as easy to hit as shift is. All shift keys should be >duplicated on both sides of the spacebar for touch typing as well... If you're used to a Lisp Machine, as I am, you should at least appreciate that Apple did duplicate "super/meta/control" keys on both sides of the space bar. Although I had to modify the KMAP resource and swap key caps to put them in the right order: command/option/control-space-control/option/command. You're right about the frequent use of the control key and I'm thankful that I can now conveniently reach it with my thumb while the rest of my fingers type. Now, if I could only use the caps lock key for rubout... Fred Hollander Computer Science Center Texas Instruments, Inc. holland%ti-csl@csnet-rela The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.