[UK-CONTEST] N1MM question

Ian White ian at ifwtech.co.uk
Tue Aug 30 02:35:10 EDT 2005


Quoting Clive Whelan <clive.whelan at btinternet.com>:

> MM0BQI quoted N4ZR as saying
> 
> 
> <As for F11 not being "the standard Wipe Entry,"
> I don't know whose standard
> that is.  TR uses Alt-W, which is another
> standard, and also has the "QSY
> wipes" feature for S&P.>
> 
> Pete is a good guy, but he need to get around
> more! Ctrl W and Alt W have
> been standards in TR and CT( perhaps others),
> but they are DOS programmes,
> and nobody in their right mind now wants to use
> two hands to wipe the entry
> field. No matter how good N1MM is, it falls at
> the first hurdle if it
> doesn't use F11 ( or some other single keystroke
> - but preferably F11) for
> wiping the entry window. You've now heard it
> from two OFs here!

REAL computing OFs remember when there wasn't even such 
a thing as F11! F1 to F10 were more than any program 
could possibly need.

Seriously, the point of Crt-W and Alt-W is that they 
can be done with ONE hand, without moving away from the 
main typing keys. This is generally held to be more 
important than the actual number of keys involved.

The most stupid thing IBM ever did (a big claim I know) 
was to move the Fkeys away from the side of the 
keyboard where you could reach them easily. Now look 
what you've done, you've got me started and I'll have 
to take the tablets again...

However, the main point is that logging software should 
provide ALL the methods that ANYONE might want to try.



Cheers

Ian


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