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From: wrs@pupthy.PRINCETON.EDU (William R. Somsky)
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Subject: Re: diskless NeXT? (was Re: Announcement vs reality)
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Date: 23 Nov 88 14:42:45 GMT
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In article <3638@pt.cs.cmu.edu> ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) writes:

>> I saw one the other day.  They use that silly new IBM/new DEC/ISO
>> stupid keyboard format, with the ESC key in the wrong place.
>> (I was told it can be remapped, but so what?)

In article <28185@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu
(Bob Sutterfield) replies:

>  The one that I configured into our network last week (name, address,
>  ifconfig, route, named, NFS, YP, voila) had a key at the upper-left
>  corner imprinted with ` and ~ (like a Macintosh).  It had already been
>  remapped (like my Macintosh under uw) to ESC.

Yeah, Ok, but where do you put the `/~ key then?

This is no `:-)'.  I need that key as well.
Just as one example, I need the `~' and ``' for typing TeX source.

Since keys like ESC and `/~ have been generally available up to now,
they're used---and not necessarily infrequently either.  Others may have
different opinions, but I think it's a big mistake to take them away.
Or move them about in wierd ways...  Ever sit down at a VT220 keyboard
and try to find the ESC?  (I think it's a VT220... I don't like 'em,
so I don't use 'em, and hence aren't familiar with 'em.)  My editor
of choice is 'vi' (no editor wars, please), and for that you need ESC
FREQUENTLY.

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