Kari,
> Taking over the keyboard like in XyWrite is not the only way to
> achieve non-standard key assignments.
Harry,
> I agree with Kari: on Windows, Autohotkey is better than the
> XyWrite customizability.
This is a matter of personal preference and habitual usage. But the schema I have in mind is best-of-both-worlds. By default, all keys will be captured by the XyWrite-like keyboard, BUT: the user will be able to release any key (or key combination) to the OS via a keyboard-file assignment, nn=KF -- a mirror implementation of the old Keyboard Flip function. If this works as envisioned, third-party keyboard-modifier programs should be able to coexist peacefully with captive keys -- and the choice of which keys do what will be totally up to you.
> What is missing from QuickNotes (or seems to be--I haven't read
> the docs yet) is a command line.
It's at the bottom of the screen, just above the PRompt/status line, but it may not be visible depending on your UI font and scale settings. If you can't see it, activate the GUI command line via the menus: Options -> Use GUI command line. Then <F5> or <F10> will bring up the CMline as a GUI dialog. You'll find it's quite powerful. You can chain commands, separated by semicolons, and access reserved variables directly, for example RUN $FP to run the current file as a program. Appendix A ofr still.
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Carl Distefano
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