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From: Arne Vajhøj on 2 May 2010 21:17 On 02-05-2010 09:37, Andreas Leitgeb wrote: > Lew<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote: >>>>> Actually, it's a really, really terrible point since the numpad is >>>>> very useful. >>>> What do you use it for? >>> What symbols are on those keys? [...] >> Arne, you are a genius! [...] That's exactly what I use it for! Amazing! > > There are of course also other uses than those: E.g. when I press Win+3/PgDn > my windowmanager will slam the currently active window into the lower right > corner. (and with Win+5 center it) These uses do not obviously follow from > the *symbols* on the keys as much as from their position. That type of usage of the numeric keypad was very common in the pre-mouse days. I think it is rare today. Arne
From: Andreas Leitgeb on 3 May 2010 06:29 Arne Vajhøj <arne(a)vajhoej.dk> wrote: > On 02-05-2010 09:37, Andreas Leitgeb wrote: >> Lew<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote: >>>>>> Actually, it's a really, really terrible point since the numpad is >>>>>> very useful. >>>>> What do you use it for? >>>> What symbols are on those keys? [...] >>> Arne, you are a genius! [...] That's exactly what I use it for! Amazing! >> There are of course also other uses than those: E.g. when I press Win+3/PgDn >> my windowmanager will slam the currently active window into the lower right >> corner. (and with Win+5 center it) These uses do not obviously follow from >> the *symbols* on the keys as much as from their position. > That type of usage of the numeric keypad was very common in > the pre-mouse days. > I think it is rare today. I do not refute the "rareness"-aspect, but it's not really from old days, either, as there weren't "Win"-Keys back then :-) In those pre-mouse days, the number block doubled as the one and only cursor key block. Back then I couldn't imagine, that cursor-keys arranged as .:. would be so much easier to use...
From: Arne Vajhøj on 3 May 2010 20:16
On 03-05-2010 06:29, Andreas Leitgeb wrote: > Arne Vajhøj<arne(a)vajhoej.dk> wrote: >> On 02-05-2010 09:37, Andreas Leitgeb wrote: >>> Lew<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Actually, it's a really, really terrible point since the numpad is >>>>>>> very useful. >>>>>> What do you use it for? >>>>> What symbols are on those keys? [...] >>>> Arne, you are a genius! [...] That's exactly what I use it for! Amazing! >>> There are of course also other uses than those: E.g. when I press Win+3/PgDn >>> my windowmanager will slam the currently active window into the lower right >>> corner. (and with Win+5 center it) These uses do not obviously follow from >>> the *symbols* on the keys as much as from their position. >> That type of usage of the numeric keypad was very common in >> the pre-mouse days. >> I think it is rare today. > > I do not refute the "rareness"-aspect, but it's not really from old days, > either, as there weren't "Win"-Keys back then :-) > > In those pre-mouse days, the number block doubled as the one and only > cursor key block. Or more "exotic" usages. Like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDT_%28text_editor%29#Digital Arne |