Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:23 +0200 From: Jonathan McKeown <j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [] confession... Message-ID: <200911240950.23479.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <20091124071540.GA52401@thought.org> References: <20091124071540.GA52401@thought.org>
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On Tuesday 24 November 2009 09:15:43 Gary Kline wrote: > it's time to come clean an admit that i have never taken > advantage of the option that lets you press [???], then press > other keys in order so the result is like pressing multiple > keys at once. > > i have never made a big deal over having but one useful hand > simply because in my line as a hacker, one hand was enough. > programming at 95mph was never the goal. everybody on this > list has learned that forethought and planning beat typing > speed! ---still, when my shoulder began to dislocate in 1999, > typing thr number-shift keys [like '*', '&', '^', and the rest > became harder [*]. i'm ready to set up the multi-key stuff that's > built in to at least KDE. > > appreciate a pointer to a url or tutorial on this... and/or > to know what this feature is even called. it's time to get > practical. i am stubborn, just not particular stupid. maybe > "slow" :_) If you're using KDE3.5, look for Regional and Accessibility|accessibility under the Control Centre. There are two options, and I think the one you need is called sticky-keys, which makes the modifier keys (shift, alt, ctrl) ``stay pressed'' until you press another key. In other words, you can type the old three-fingered salute by pressing and releasing ctrl, pressing and releasing alt, and then pressing and releasing del. There's also an option called ``lock sticky keys''. If you choose this, the sequence of separate press-releases: shift a b results in Ab (the shift only applies to the next key pressed) whereas the sequence shift shift a b c shift d results in ABCd (double-shift locks shift key on until it's pressed again). (The other options, slow keys and bounce keys, apply if muscle control is impaired and cause a key to have to be held for a set time before it registers, and released for a certain time before registering a second key-press). Jonathan
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