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Re: APL Keyboards

> For me an optimal APL keyboard extension would be one using the "scroll lock"
toggle key. With the LED on you get an APL keyboard.

Great idea!

However, I have no doubt that Microsoft would force keyboard vendors to remove
that key from any keyboard that wants to be "Windows-what-so-ever-compatible" as
soon as Dyalog put this into action.




Sun Jul 5, 2009 7:00 pm

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Taking a clue from the little stickers that STSC used to send out with each new upgrade of their APL software--they were to be placed on the front of the ...
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Frequently when I am trying to create a new Tab in Firefox by pressing Ctrl+T I find out that I've just entered an APL char into the Find box instead although...
Kai
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Sorry, in this paragraph: * In APL mode the keyboard does not support any of the standard shortcuts. This mode is designed ... at the very bottom of my posting...
Kai
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Jul 4, 2009
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I wonder whether part of the problem stems from Dyalog's historic decision to use the Ctrl key as trigger for APL characters. Do people using APLX, APL2 (and...
Dick Bowman
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Jul 5, 2009
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Dick, some remarks: <snip> ... This is by no means about configuring anything. You _cannot_ enter APL characters anywhere without having Dyalog APL installed...
Kai
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Jul 5, 2009
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... No I'm not....
Dick Bowman
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[kai] Conclusion A) APL characters should to be entered (and tested!) in an APL session. Full stop. B) In APL there are two keyboard modes: "Standard" and...
Jim Goff
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Jul 5, 2009
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... For me an optimal APL keyboard extension would be one using the "scroll lock" toggle key. With the LED on you get an APL keyboard. I don't know of any...
PMHager
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Jul 5, 2009
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... Great idea! However, I have no doubt that Microsoft would force keyboard vendors to remove that key from any keyboard that wants to be...
Kai
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Jul 5, 2009
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... Except, of course, a very rarely used application called Excel... -- Stefano [[OK, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good ...
Stefano Lanzavecchia
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Jul 6, 2009
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... Right - the key that stops the cursor keys moving around in a spreadsheet. What a great application! How many people in this group went bananas because...
Kai
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Agreed; the point about so called "...simple rules..." is that you should then get predictable, reproduceable results in any given mode for any given...
Peter Merritt
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Jul 4, 2009
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... Yes Peter, you got my point....
Kai
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Perhaps I'm missing something of the 'simplicity' and 'glamour' of our well-paid obsession, and I have been accused of being a tad cynical in the past...
Peter Merritt
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Will be on 2009-07-24 at 14:00 Second time at our new home: The Knights Templar, Chancery Lane, WC2A 1DT. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=WC2A%201DT where...
Phil Last
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Jul 9, 2009
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... We might also discuss the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)...
Phil Last
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