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- From: barham@qut.edu.au
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: A Style Guide Question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.112725.59224@qut.edu.au>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 11:27:24 EST
- Organization: Queensland University of Technology
- Lines: 41
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- dave@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (David Dustin) writes:
- > tim@cbe.qut.edu.au (Tim Barham) writes:
- > > Normally, this would be the case, with the enter key deactivating
- > > the text box so you could then use the keyboard short-cut key (as
- > > per the style guide). If the enter key just takes you to a new
- > > line (as I mentioned above), then we have a problem. How are the
- > > Amigas two return keys labelled? Enter and return? I can't
- > > remember, it's at home. If so, the return key could take you to
- > > the next line and the Enter key deactivate the text box (ie Enter
- > > normally means "accept the text" and return is short for carriage
- > > return, or a new line on a type writer). Not very elegant I
- > > agree.
- >
- > But then you run into a problem of using it on a A600, which has no
- > NP, therefore, no Enter key.
-
- That it one of the main reasons I said this was not a very elegant
- solution, and why I think this situation really poses a problem.
- While I am in no way sure the situation of a multiline text box is
- what the initial poster was on about, I think that it is a problem
- that needs a solution, because I'm sure a multiline text box (that
- lets you enters text, of course) would be something that a lot of
- people would want to use, and we need some keyboard only way to get
- out of it (for "orthogonality" of user interface?) - Return is not a
- solution as it should take you to a new line. Even the old TAB key
- is a bit dubious because you a bery likely to want to use the TAB key
- in a multiline text box - so what's a solution that's consistent with
- the current style recommendations? Anyone from Commodore want to
- comment?
-
- Tim.
-
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