From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 24 07:50:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A54C5106577D for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:50:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from j.mckeown@ru.ac.za) Received: from b.mail.ru.ac.za (b.mail.ru.ac.za [IPv6:2001:4200:1010::25:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DCB58FC08 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:50:26 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=ru-msa; d=ru.ac.za; h=Received:From:Organization:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:References:In-Reply-To:X-Face:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Disposition:Message-Id:X-Virus-Scanned:X-Authenticated-User; b=mFIvKD2beGw7UiWeyoWVxl2ZlYekNK7rxUio8u2BSrq0nj8sO8vXg8JqGd3XgRyP48+8O6tO4UsW8ARDUUd+2Jzio4BWz0Ivy9KRIWo4IhUxiTEqF8iDKpm04D8bcWLf; Received: from vorkosigan.ru.ac.za ([2001:4200:1010:1058:219:d1ff:fe9f:a932]:52035) by b.mail.ru.ac.za with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1NCqAJ-000K50-Nf for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:23 +0200 From: Jonathan McKeown Organization: Rhodes University To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:23 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <20091124071540.GA52401@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20091124071540.GA52401@thought.org> X-Face: $@VrUx^RHy/}yu]jKf/<4T%/d|F+$j-Ol2"2J$q+%OK1]&/G_S9(=?utf-8?q?HkaQ*=60!=3FYOK=3FY!=27M=60C=0A=09aP=5C9nVPF8Q=7DCilHH8l=3B=7E!4?= =?utf-8?q?2HK6=273lg4J=7Daz?=@1Dqqh:J]M^"YPn*2IWrZON$1+G?oX3@ =?utf-8?q?k=230=0A=0954XDRg=3DYn=5FF-etwot4U=24b?=dTS{i X-Virus-Scanned: b.mail.ru.ac.za (2001:4200:1010::25:2) X-Authenticated-User: s0900137 from vorkosigan.ru.ac.za (2001:4200:1010:1058:219:d1ff:fe9f:a932) using auth_plaintext Subject: Re: [] confession... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:50:27 -0000 On Tuesday 24 November 2009 09:15:43 Gary Kline wrote: > it's time to come clean an admit that i have never taken > advantage of the option that lets you press [???], then press > other keys in order so the result is like pressing multiple > keys at once. > > i have never made a big deal over having but one useful hand > simply because in my line as a hacker, one hand was enough. > programming at 95mph was never the goal. everybody on this > list has learned that forethought and planning beat typing > speed! ---still, when my shoulder began to dislocate in 1999, > typing thr number-shift keys [like '*', '&', '^', and the rest > became harder [*]. i'm ready to set up the multi-key stuff that's > built in to at least KDE. > > appreciate a pointer to a url or tutorial on this... and/or > to know what this feature is even called. it's time to get > practical. i am stubborn, just not particular stupid. maybe > "slow" :_) If you're using KDE3.5, look for Regional and Accessibility|accessibility under the Control Centre. There are two options, and I think the one you need is called sticky-keys, which makes the modifier keys (shift, alt, ctrl) ``stay pressed'' until you press another key. In other words, you can type the old three-fingered salute by pressing and releasing ctrl, pressing and releasing alt, and then pressing and releasing del. There's also an option called ``lock sticky keys''. If you choose this, the sequence of separate press-releases: shift a b results in Ab (the shift only applies to the next key pressed) whereas the sequence shift shift a b c shift d results in ABCd (double-shift locks shift key on until it's pressed again). (The other options, slow keys and bounce keys, apply if muscle control is impaired and cause a key to have to be held for a set time before it registers, and released for a certain time before registering a second key-press). Jonathan