Using iPad with Gotomypc to work filepro at home

[Richard Kreiss]

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> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Walter Vaughan
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 8:37 AM
> To: filePro
> Subject: Re: Using iPad with Gotomypc to work filepro at home
> 
> Richard Kreiss wrote:
> 
> >No keyboards for any tablets exist with function keys. Both Apple and
Google
> left these out of their OS.
> >
> >
> >
> 'cause they (function keys) are nonnutritive, and definitely should not
have a
> place at the table in the 2020's.
> 
> You should see the looks I get teaching someone they have to hit F1 or
> F2 to edit characters, since they do know that F1 is supposed to bring up
a
> Help screen in all the other programs they have ever used, it (F1 to
insert)
> breaks convention. Or rather the convention left it in the dust.
> 
> Since we can remap keys, we really should have applications use normal
> conventions. I'm guilty of not doing this, and setting up nice keyboard
controls
> that make sense to the end user. So shame on me.

Walter,

You can always set pfkeytab=DOS which will have the function keys act more
MS like.  F1 becomes help, F10-save.

Now, I referring to Windows based systems.  I have no idea what if any
effect this will have on a *nix system.

You can always mention to your class that filePro has been around longer
then Windows/DOS and when developed, there were no standards for what
function a function key  executed.

I seem to recall that some terminals allowed for programming there function
keys.  Most programs, as I recall, did their own thing with the function
keys.  i.e. Scripsit and MultiPlan.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting

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