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- HOTMOD is a program that allows you to reassign the hot keys in the Integrated
- Development Environment of Turbo Pascal 5.0. To use HOTMOD:
-
- 1. Compile the program to disk to create HOTMOD.EXE. (You can compile to
- memory if you really want to. Just remember that any hot key changes you
- make while in Turbo Pascal will not take effect until you exit to DOS and
- execute the modified TURBO.EXE.)
-
- 2. Run HOTMOD in the same directory that contains your TURBO.EXE.
-
- 3. HOTMOD displays a menu showing all hot key commands and their current
- key assignments.
-
- 4. Using the cursor arrow keys, move the cursor to the hot key that you want
- to modify.
-
- 5. Press the key that you want to use as the new hot key for the selected
- command. The name of the new key will appear in place of the old
- assignment. Only keys that return extended key codes are allowed. These
- are listed in Appendix C, Table C.2 of the Turbo Pascal 5.0 Reference
- Guide. If you press an invalid key, the program will beep.
-
- 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have made all desired changes. When you
- are finished, press the Esc key.
-
-
- The current version of the program has the following limitations. Some of
- these may be corrected in a future version:
-
- 1. No checks are done for key assignment conflicts between hot keys or with
- editor commands. I've been able to create some situations where my new key
- assignments won't work in the editor, and I think these conflicts may be
- involved. I haven't been able to demonstrate a pattern with this one yet.
- If you get into a situation like this, try starting with a fresh copy of
- TURBO.EXE and start over, making sure there are no conflicts created.
- 2. If you change the key for "Swap", your new key assignment will only work in
- the editor. If you are in a menu, it will have no effect.
- 3. There is no way to automatically restore the original key assignments.
- 4. Key names for the new enhanced keycodes are not reported correctly
- (e.g. "Keypad-Center" is displayed as "76")
- 5. HOTMOD doesn't change the hot key helps in the menus and on the bottom line.
- 6. Only keys with extended scan codes can be used. Keys like Ctrl-A are
- not allowed.
- 7. Turbo Pascal 4.0 is not supported.
-
- If you have any comments, suggestions, or bug fixes for this program, please
- contact Ron Schuster [76666,2322].
-