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Date:	Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:48:51 PST8
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Num Lock On....Where?

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J R FOX wrote:
> --- Ray Davison wrote:
>
>
>>>Not sure why you want this, as it is counter to
>>
>>the
>>
>>>default almost everyone wants,
>
>
>
>>No, it's contrary to the default everyone GETS. It
>>is a hangover from
>>the original IBM KB that did not have dedicated
>>cursor keys.
>
>
> I hesitate to predict the reaction of legions of
> WINdrones, but I would guess most people will tell you
> it is much easier to trip over the NumLock being
> unintentionally ON. You go to hit the Home key on the
> NumPad and you start typing 7's, for example. Maybe
> it depends on when you started using a PC,

I started with the original IBM PC, where there was no choice but to
toggle the num keys. Once the other ten keys were added I turned on
Numlock and never looked back. I have threatened to put a real KB in
my laptop bag, and I am sure I will get at least a number pad. I know
you have a scaled down machine but I thought you had a full size KB, no?

> and what
> use you make of the dual-purpose keys on the NumPad.
> I only want the #s active when I happen to be doing
> something arithmetical.

I never use it for anything but numbers. That's why the other ten
keys were added. And they were added early. I didn't even remember
there was a home key on the 7 until you made me look. I have often
wondered if a Mac KB would work; no dual function.

Ray

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