Hi kcrisman, On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:09 PM, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Yes. SHIFT-RETURN could be done with one hand because as you said, the >> RETURN key is in a very close proximity to the SHIFT key (on my >> keyboard at least). >> >> The problem though, to do this with one hand, one must twist the thumb >> in 90 degree angle as one it hitting on RETURN key with the index >> finger, (I do not think I could press both keys with just one finger), >> and my thumb has a bit of arthritis which makes hard to bend it too >> much. It is also a bit awkward to hit a key with a finger twisted in >> this fashion. I just tried it. >> >> But it is a good suggestion and shows imagination and thinking outside >> the box. >> >> I think another solution would be to get one of those programmable >> keyboards and program it to send SHIFT-RETURN when hitting some F key >> which is not used. And use that F key for SAGE only. >> >> Meanwhile, I have to continue to reach out and use both hands in order >> to evaluate a SAGE cell. > > Hmm. Well, one could click "Evaluate", though of course doing it a > lot could be annoying/repetitive stress inducing... > > I have been trying different things on a colleague's normal non-laptop > PC keyboard; perhaps 2nd and 3rd or 2nd and 4th fingers (counting > thumb as 1st finger) would work for you? I really think that some > combination of "pointer + another" might be suitable, if your keyboard > configuration is similar to hers. Of course, this means one has to > shift the hand every time, but only right-left, not twisting (I hope). > > However, I doubt that Return will become even an option, because one > would want multiple lines in a single cell. I have no idea what the > status of Enter would be, or even if every OS/popular browser would > recognize the difference. Minh?
Hmm... It's very difficult for me to productively comment on good/best ways to work around issues raised by Nasser. I'm a touch typist, and am mostly comfortable being so on PC, Mac and laptop keyboards. > But keep asking these kinds of questions. A while ago there was some > very helpful feedback on the best way to default-show graphs for > different types of color-blindness - the Sage community is interested > in keeping the software usable for everyone, not just 90 wpm typing > speed demons with ultra-ergonomic keyboards or perfect voice > recognition software :) -- Regards Minh Van Nguyen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
