#: 16379 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    03-Sep-92  18:15:07
Sb: #16345-#Windio for MM/1
Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
To: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166 (X)

Hi Glen,

As soon as testers tell me that there's no outstanding bugs in the latest
version (v46), it'll be posted to everyone.  Should be just a few days.

What I think we're going to do with the function keys is this:  each program
will need to have all its functions available via ctrl or alt key combos... but
the fn keys can also be setup (via a program config file or module) to return
any desired combination of keycodes.

Thus a user can override these assignments if he wishes, and set up ones which
match his own preferences or most-used functions.

This stuff is also handy with older apps.  For example, you can (and I have)
set up global system defaults so that my function keys return commonly used
umacs key combos (load, save, quit, etc).  After playing with this a while,
I've realized that I also need to add a "training" option (like I hear Puppo's
keyboard interface had)... so that you can make a macro on the fly (hit F12,
then the function key to train, then the keystrokes you wish it to return, then
F12 to stop training).  Whatcha think?

kevin

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