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From: zoara on 22 Jan 2010 19:23 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-22, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Well, as long as you don't activate the 5 kiloton self destruct > > > > > mechanism > >>>> you should be fine :-) > >>> > >>> Its ok, you need two hands for that one. > >> > >> Which is more than you'll have afterwards, of course. > > > > Thats a pain. How would you press Cmd-Z? > > > > I think it's generally assumed you'll be beyond the need for it at > that > point. I'd have thought that the moment after activating a 5 kiloton self destruct mechanism is precisely when you'd *most* want to "undo last action". Ah, the times I've wished I could command-Z real life... -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: D.M. Procida on 22 Jan 2010 19:35 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > I must say this Imac seems to be a wonderful thing. > > > > If you call your iMac an Imac three times it will explode. > > Ah. Now that might explain why I had so many problems with my Ibook. It might. But it wouldn't explain why every other laptop that's been anywhere near you has also had a similar fate. Daniele
From: Dorian Gray on 23 Jan 2010 15:58 In article <220120102131072873%nospam(a)yrl.co.uk>, Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: > In article <23vjl51g0bs4r2uorg89dcnvrbk21edp7e(a)4ax.com>, Jaimie > Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:02:18 +0000, Dorian Gray > > <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > > > > >In article <D.Gray-3B5E13.14363522012010(a)nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk>, > > > Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > > > > > >> - To access the page-up, page-dn, home and end keys on the mini keyboard > > >> (fn with the cursor keys). I use the fn key for this purpose quite a > > >> lot. > > > > > >I should point out that I am referring to an iBook G3/G4 keyboard, e.g.: > > ><http://www.laptopbattery-usa.com/images/IBOOKG414.JPG> > > > > > >Can someone confirm or otherwise whether fn with the cursor keys works > > >on modern Mac keyboards like this? > > > > It does with this aluminium full keyboard, and that's one-handable > > because the fn key is above the arrowkey cluster. > > Did I come into this late? > What's wrong with System Preferences � Keyboard � Keyboard and checking > "Use all F1, f2, etc. as standard function keys" I think the issue Elliott is not lateness, but that you didn't read the post you are posting to. :) We are talking in this sub-thread about using fn with the arrow keys, not with the top row function keys.
From: Dorian Gray on 23 Jan 2010 16:22 In article <23vjl51g0bs4r2uorg89dcnvrbk21edp7e(a)4ax.com>, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:02:18 +0000, Dorian Gray > <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > > >In article <D.Gray-3B5E13.14363522012010(a)nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk>, > > Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > > > >> - To access the page-up, page-dn, home and end keys on the mini keyboard > >> (fn with the cursor keys). I use the fn key for this purpose quite a > >> lot. > > > >I should point out that I am referring to an iBook G3/G4 keyboard, e.g.: > ><http://www.laptopbattery-usa.com/images/IBOOKG414.JPG> > > > >It is really handy having two-hand page-up, page-dn, for paging through > >documents (in Safari the fn key is unnecessary because space is used for > >page-up and shift-space for page-dn). Access to "home" and "end" is > >useful for e.g. selecting text, or cells in Excel. > > Two-hand? Ew! > > I used to have to use DoubleCommand on my powerbook, to change the > enter key into a spare fn so as to be able to one-hand the > pageup/pagedown/home/end, which were fn-arrowkey. That is a nice way to make it one-handed, if that is what you want. However I would find page-upping and page-downing in that way clumsy, hand-cramping and impossible to make precisely controlled multiple quick keystrokes up/down. When I am paging through a document, I am not typing, I am reading/scanning. Therefore I am happy to adopt a two-handed both-hands-spread-out-at-the-bottom-of-the-keyboard position. In fact I find it aids concentration on what I am reading. > >Can someone confirm or otherwise whether fn with the cursor keys works > >on modern Mac keyboards like this? > > It does with this aluminium full keyboard, and that's one-handable > because the fn key is above the arrowkey cluster. Nice that it is still a feature on modern Mac keyboards. Strange that it is not marked on the keys - how is one to know of the feature?
From: Elliott Roper on 23 Jan 2010 17:32
In article <D.Gray-F1D5EC.20581423012010(a)nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk>, Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > I think the issue Elliott is not lateness, but that you didn't read the > post you are posting to. :) We are talking in this sub-thread about > using fn with the arrow keys, not with the top row function keys. Ah! Indeed. Aplgies -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248 |