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To: Despot <despot@xxxxxxxxxx>, <framers@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: MacOS9 strikes again
From: Amnon Yaish <a.yaish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:28:52 +0200
In-Reply-To: <200010192149.XAA29916@bw150zhb.bluewin.ch>
References: <200010192149.XAA29916@bw150zhb.bluewin.ch>
Sender: owner-framers@xxxxxxxxx
Slobodan, You're right, no way to switch that one off in OS9. But then, that's the price to pay for a truly multilingual system. Why not get used to the very efficient escape sequences? esc q p for the paragraph format selection box esc q c fror the character format selection box Amnon -- Amnon Yaish INSTITUT RICCI - Paris Despot said at 19/10/00 23:03 (Paris 23:03): >All Mac users of FrameMaker appreciate the very quick Command-Space shortcut >allowing you to apply a ParaTag by typing its first letters in a small >black box >in the bottom bar. > >Well, MacOS now uses this precious shortcut to shift from one keyboard >encoding >to another (i.e. to Belarus, Korean, Slovak, Chinese, and sometimes but seldom >to one's own). In fact, that utility devoted to a minority of users disturbs a >whole range of dedicated functions. For example, Adobe's popular applications >use that shortcut to select the zoom tool. You type a word in English, >you zoom >in to see what you wrote, and you go on in Chinese. The true melting pot... > >The real problem is that there seems to be no way to switch off that OS 9 >keyboard carnival and restore our traditional shortcuts. Am I wrong? > >Slobodan Despot > >-- > >E D I T I O N S L'A G E D'H O M M E >Rue de Geneve 10 CH-1000 Lausanne 9 > > > >** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@omsys.com ** >** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body. ** > ** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@omsys.com ** ** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body. **