On Dec 28, 1997, Stewart Honsberger wrote:
 > It's a valid thought. :-)  I didn't think so at first 'cause you can't
 > redefine keys using the old beta version I run.  But-- the actual
 > release version, 1.10, seems to allow doing it in a config file...
 SH> I'm pretty sure you can do it (somewhat) in MsgEd, all you
 SH> need to know is the HEX value of the key-combination.. then
 SH> you COULD make Alt-J jump to an areas list or something (I
 SH> believe you can only assign keys to certain
 SH> internal-commands). Then you'd likely also have to redefine
 SH> the DEL key, and Alt-D I think will also delete.. Hmm.. It
 SH> does seem like a lot of work doesn't it? ;>
Yep.  I gave this a little more thought, Stewart.  While you may be able to 
redfine the key actions in a sysop editor like TimEd or MsgEd, there is 
another problem.  Maximus keeps the last read pointers for each user but a 
sysop editor usually only has one set of pointers defined-- for the sysop.  
Passing that sort of information to an external sysop editor for a number of 
users may be impossible, although I haven't really looked into it.  I think 
it'd be a lot easier to get an external user editor (such as IceEdit) to work 
correctly. ;)
Best,
 -Jack
  ogre@nashville.com
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