[Info-vax] PC/VT Keyboarrd Mapping

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-06-25 kl. 14:20, skrev Stephen Hoffman:
> On 2016-06-25 01:26:25 +0000, David Froble said:
>
>> Why is it that whatever you use is great ... and whatever I use should die?
>
> There are fewer keyboards with keypads, too.

It's not what I'm seeing. Many new "professional" laptops has
larger screens today, and it seems as the manfacturers just as
well put in a real keyboard with numeric kaypad also.

And besides, even if you have an laptop, most professionals will
hook up an external keyboard and screen anyway.

> Unfortunately what you're using — the keypad-based application...

You've got to keep applications apart from the editing.
I use EDT to edit our web based "GUI" applications.

> and keypad-based editors — is dying out...

EDT isn't "dying". Or, it is dying at the same pace as VMS is.

> OpenVMS apps either need to forget about the VMS-layout LK and/or provide
> an alternative to the keypad...

The keypad works just OK on any standard PC keyboard. With a few small
differences that should be easy to learn for any IT professional.

Or are you now talking about the end-user applications? Yes, they should
not be depending on VT-style kayboards and keys, and they will probably
mostly be based on web interfaces, so it is a non-issue. I do not see
a huge volume of newly written VT-based applications today.

But that is something completely different then me using EDT.