Command Key Actions on NT

Doug Way dway at riskmetrics.com
Tue Oct 30 17:54:37 UTC 2001


frippiat.j at kst.be wrote:
> 
> I use Squeak on NT and the Command Key sequence "Cmd-6" (and alike)
> seems not to work.
> Is there a way to make it work ?

Yes, use the Alt key.  In Squeak, the Alt key on a PC is equivalent to the Command Key on a Mac.  (Which is different from the Ctrl key.)  You may have noticed that you don't have a Command Key on your keyboard. ;)  This stuff is covered in the "Modifier Keys" section of the Squeak FAQ, see http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/471 .

Anyway, this reminds me that the Cmd-6 menu seems unnecessarily obscure.  This is the menu that lets you set text color and add hyperlinks.  Shouldn't this functionality be visible from the regular text menu?  Probably adding an item on the shift-menu would be best... maybe near the bottom, before the "special menu..." we could add a "color/link menu... (6)" item.  [ENH] submissions welcome. :)

- Doug Way
  dway at riskmetrics.com




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