[Info-vax] PC/VT Keyboarrd Mapping

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> 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.
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What he wrote ....