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From: leein@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: diskless NeXT? (was Re: Announc
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Date: 25 Nov 88 19:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!leein    Nov 25 13:28:00 1988


The ASCII code for ESC is actaully that for ^[ (Ctrl-[).  So there is a way
to type the ESC key for any kind of keyboards, although it is not neat.
In gnuemacs, if you can remap alt-key for Meta, you do not use the ESC key
as heavily as in vi.  What I think the NeXT keyboard is missing, or what
the NeXT people should think,  is the
function keys.  Don't say "What?".  In technical word processer, we,
engineers or scientists (I am not CStist) need math keys, Greek keys, Script
keys, italic keys, and and bold keys.  And the best places for
activating those keys are the function keys.  If one can remap the numeric
keypad keys for those functions, then it's OK.

                                Hugh