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When typing, the facility to toggle the 'copy' function could be useful. For example, to enter an e-mail address and a URI into a form, one option would be to type "angelhalfbaker@thisisdefinitelynotmyhippopotamus.com" into the first field then "http://thisisdefinitelynotmyhippopotamus.com" into the
second; the opportunities for typing errors are huge. The alternative is to type the e-mail address, select the required part it, copy it, then paste it into the second field, where there are also opportunities for error. I would like to be able to type "angelhalfbaker@", switch on the 'copying' function, type "thisisdefinitelynotmyhippopotamus.com", and switch off 'copying'. In the next field, I then type "http://" and paste the copied text. To quote the Phillips TV commercials, "Just a little better. But better."
(?) The Humane Interface
http://humane.sourceforge.net/home/ by Jef Raskin [krelnik, Oct 28 2004]
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Kind of like pressing ctrl+b in Microsoft Word, where everything you type from that point would be emboldened until you pressed ctrl+b to turn it off again + |
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yeah, I'd like one of these, here's a
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here's a bun
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Almost like a Caps Lock button. Press on, light comes on, begin copying; press off, light comes off, end copying. [+] |
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Nice! If it records all keystrokes, it can be used to copy multiple disconnected fields. |
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bun1
<down arrow>
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In PC-Write 3.0, circa 1988, pressing Control-2 would turn on the "record" feature. Pressing it again would finish recording. Pressing the "*" key on the numeric pad after that would repeat the previously-repeated sequence of keystrokes. Very powerful and handy feature. |
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FYI, I probably use PC-Write 3.0 (as a text editor) more than I use any other application. It ran great on a 4.77MHz XT; it's really zippy on a modern machine. |
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I propose the scroll lock be used for this. I'd never use it myself, but I know keyboard-centric computer users who would. |
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Jef Raskin, one of the co-inventors of the Macintosh, is working on something called "The Humane Interface". See link. In his system, selecting text works kind of like you describe. There's a downloadable prototype for the MacOS. Jef was also recently (somewhat famously) quoted as saying the Macintosh has become "a mess" in recent years. |
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