Also recall that earlier typewriters didn't have a '1' key, rather you used the lower-case L. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:16 PM Subject: RE: [U2] Upper Case and Editors
> Arnold: > > One can only hope the more "experienced" engineers of the U2 products are > listening. One "work-around" after another make life more difficult not > less. In the 21st century a solution would be helpful. > > Case sensitivity is a "blight" on the landscape of computing perpetuated by > systems whose history was written by two-fingured typists and engineering > challenged equipment. Someone mentioned recently the "caps" limitations of > "Prism" terminals, as though typewriters haven't been around since the > beginning of the 20th century and, certainly, noone had ever learned to use > such "contraptions". :-) > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnold Bosch > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:38 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Upper Case and Editors > > [snipped] > > ...I find it annoying having to switch caps-lock all the time - what happens > a lot is that I switch to another window and start typing away merrily, only > to realise after a couple of words that everything is cASE iNVERTED, or that > the help I'm trying to give to a user is not working because of case > inversion. > > As to editing, having become accustomed over the years to the convenience of > full-screen editors, and not initially knowing that it was possible to use a > full-screen editor to edit BPs, it was a nightmare for me to get the > simplest things done in UV. I think there are many other newbies out there > that feels the same... > > [snipped] > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
