Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!srcsip!tcnet!pwcs!stag!dynasoft!john From: dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP (John Stanley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: The ST keyboard Message-ID: <0329891714220716@dynasoft.UUCP> Date: 29 Apr 89 22:14:22 GMT Reply-To: dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP (John Stanley) Organization: DynaSoft Systems, Minneapolis, MN. Lines: 34 X-Member-Of: STdNET (ST Developer's Network) [Larry Rymal writes...] > I really dislike the function key shape. I hate to see the style > boys getting priority over function. I agree! The artsy function keys are a real pain. > I also wish that we had some sort of CAPS LOCK indicator. Gee, > seems I voiced all of this during the summer of 1985, when I first > bought an ST. Larry, drop me a note if you'd like an on-screen capslock indicator. My program (JCLOCK8b) is an am/pm style resident corner-clock. The am or pm changes to AM or PM when the capslock is activated. I find this to be a useful and functional capslock indicator. The program has a number of other nice features like: will run in -any- program (tos, ttp, or gem), can be switched on/off with a special hotkey that doesn't conflict with anything I've seen, and doesn't have any of the psudo multi-tasking or keyboard problems that some clock programs have. The only major failing it has is that it displays only in the resolution you are using when you boot it. This means that if you're using a color monitor and switch resolutions it doesn't display correctly (but you can easily turn it off)... (I do plan on fixing this sometime "soon", but I'm not sure how soon I'll be able to make time for it...) Anyway, drop me a note if you'd like a copy. ... John STanley --- John Stanley Software Consultant / Dynasoft Systems