Hello andrew!

*** 10.06.2003 at 08:12, andrew clarke wrote to Martin Foster:

 ac> Mon 2003-06-09 21:36, Martin Foster (2:250/501.2) wrote to andrew
 ac> clarke: 

 MF>> As you may know, BeOS has an option to change the system-wide
 MF>> primary shortcut key from its default  to .

 ac> There are a lot of things I don't know about BeOS and this is one
 ac> of them.  ;-) 

Might I suggest you do a search on amazon and ebay for "The BeOS
Bible". I picked up a used copy from a private vendor on amazon. For
anyone using BeOS, this book is a "must-have" :-)

However, to change the system-wide shortcut key, have a look at Preferences/Menu.

 ac> I actually downloaded BeOS because I thought writing GUI programs
 ac> for it would be a good way to learn C++.  This was when BeOS 5
 ac> Personal Edition had just come out (July 2000). I was impressed by
 ac> it, but some aspects left me disappointed, particularly the
 ac> unfriendliness of the GUI 

The GUI rocks, IMO :-)

 ac> (coming from an Windows and OS/2
 ac> background) and its lack of multiuser support, 

Not needed by the average home user like me :-)

 ac> so I thought I'd
 ac> give it a bit of time to mature, but unfortunately Be Inc fell
 ac> over.  I'm a bit surprised it was never turned into an open source
 ac> project. 

Have a look at http://www.yellowtab.com

Regards,
Martin

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