Re: They said it couldn't be done

[Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Tue, 23 Sep 2008
18:12:40 -0400

Harry:

> They said it couldn't be done. Well, they were right. BUT, I
> came up with a work-around.

Your workaround is interesting. It does work, to the limited extent
described in your post, but at a price that you don't mention: the
spell-check function keys, F1-F6, are crippled during the spell-check!
At least, they don't work here. Still, your persistence is to be
commended.

In fact, the solution to your problem is simple. In the KBD file,
change
28=$X
to
28=Q8$X

Q8 is best known as the spell-check function that replaces the
questionable word with the highlighted word. But Q8 does double duty:
when a menu is displayed, it selects the highlighted item. By
prepending Q8 to your Enter key assignment, you get full spell-check
functionality AND you solve the problem of using the Enter key to
navigate through the menus. And you retain your alternate Enter
key|Helpkey functionality. Eat your cake, have your cake.

Pretty neat, huh?

--
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx