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Re: QuickNotes



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 of the manual lists the available commands. The new editor will add more power
still.

-- 
Carl Distefano
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