Re: From the KBD file: What is this ?

["J. R. Fox" jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

Carl Distefano wrote:

> I'm mystified.  isn't a toggle; it simply launches U2-

> based programs. Moreover, if you assign  to F11, i.e.,

> TABLE=
> ..
> 87=NOXHJM(,2,.,P,r,s,C,M,l,i,n,e,)
>
> it should have no effect on Ctrl-F11, which should remain available
> for any function you want to assign to it:

Glad to hear that. F-11 assignments are few and far between in my KBD
file thus far (can't say that about a lot of other ones), and it's good
to know they can still be available.

> TABLE=CTRL,CTRL+CAPS
> ..
> 87=BT
>
> That's certainly the case here.

Just noticed that I don't have a CTRL+CAPS table ! Probably should.
Guess it's not the same thing as CTRL+SHFT, which I always had. What
size is it prudent to keep one's KBD file under ? Do comments or
commented out lines count against what gets loaded into memory ?

> I'm thinking the beep you're hearing has to do with that extraneous
> func XC after BT. Remove the XC, and bye-bye beep. In fact, kill
> the present Ctrl-F11 assignment in its entirety, and substitute
>
> 87=DXSWf,DO
>
> and I think you'll be where you want to be. Or so I hope.

Yes, this works well, and much better for me than the AB
method. No more Beep / error, either. Thanks. I'm sure I must have a
lot of vintage macros that end in XC. Possibly a holdover from Xy-3
days, or even earlier ? I'm quite hazy on the rules, esp. if they
changed after Xy-4 came out: most (solitary) function calls no longer
require an XC, but a longer string of them might ? Please clarify. I
can clean up some other moldy oldies in the KBD file with this info.

Jordan