person@plains.NoDak.edu (Brett G. Person) (02/13/91)
I'm working with someone who can only type with one finger. I need a way to make the shift key stick so that he can do shifted characters. Can something like this be done under basic? for the pc-people out there, I'm looking for an equivalent to 1-ifinger on the pc for the Amiga. Thanks -- Brett G. Person North Dakota State University uunet!plains!person | person@plains.bitnet | person@plains.nodak.edu
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (02/13/91)
In article <8247@plains.NoDak.edu> person@plains.NoDak.edu (Brett G. Person) writes: > >I'm working with someone who can only type with one finger. I need a way to >make the shift key stick so that he can do shifted characters. >Can something like this be done under basic? Hmm, there are difficult (or dirty) ways to read the keyboard more directly. But do you need *every* key? If not, you could declare one of the funtion keys as a Shift-Lock (opposed to already existing Caps-Lock). To reset the Shift-Lock status, you could use the same function key by toggling, or just another funtion key (say F1 and F2). You can read the function keys easily with INKEY$. You keep their status in an own variable, then make a table of all keys with their unshifted and shifted characters, and do a little conversion according to the Shift-Lock status on your own. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk