Re: More on Tame

["Martin J. Osborne" osborne@xxxxxxxx]

mn2@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> At 12/6/2002 11:32 PM -0500, Martin J. Osborne wrote:
>
> > Tame (4.41)...there is still a problem with keys 100-103 (the dedicated
> > cursor keys)
> >and keys 91-93 and 95-97, regardless of whether their assignments start
> >with the NI function call.
> >
> >...these keys respond significantly more slowly under Tame
> >than do other keys;
>
> Yes, but if you go into the windows cursor speed dialog and set it to the
> fastest speed, it really improves things, though not as fast as DosBox in W98.

	I have the cursor speed set to the maximum possible; the response of
the keys is still irritatingly slow.
>
> >if one holds one of them down for a few seconds and
> >then releases it, the cursor continues to move for a noticeable period
> >of time (or the character continues to echo on the screen, if one
>
> That's true, but on my machine to a very small extent.

	Maybe there are differences due to hardware---it's pretty noticeable on
my computer.

> Did we determine that NI makes no difference with TAME?

	My testing shows the opposite: TAME makes no difference to keys
starting with the assignment NI. (Maybe that's what you meant?)

	Incidentally, I have written to David Thomas about these problems, and
he has promised to investigate.

>And my control
> tables are CTRLX. Are your's?

	Hmmm ... my understanding (consistent with a quick test just now) is
that
XXX=29,99
near the start of the file means that "XXX" is defined to mean either
key 29 or key 99, which are "shift" keys. The subsequent
TABLE=XXX
defines the effect of combining 29 and 99 with any other (non-shift)
keys. XXX can be anything, I believe---it's just a "dummy variable".
So saying
CTRL=29,99
and then
TABLE=CTRL
is exactly the same as saying
CTRLX=29,99
and then
TABLE=CTRLX
or indeed
XYZ=29,99
and then
TABLE=XYZ
(probably there is a limit on the length of the string you can use,
though).

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