From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-30 13:52:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.bc.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Organization: Canadian Mind Products Reply-To: roedy@mindprod.com Message-ID: References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> <3B0DD011.88FCD00E@acm.org> <83WP6.3874$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> <3B1411D0.3AAF42E7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9f2v82$hp7$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:50:18 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.76.128.193 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.bc.home.com 991255818 24.76.128.193 (Wed, 30 May 2001 13:50:18 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 13:50:18 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10268 comp.lang.ada:7897 comp.lang.awk:2652 comp.lang.clarion:20646 comp.lang.java.programmer:72086 comp.lang.pl1:684 comp.lang.vrml:3386 Date: 2001-05-30T20:50:18+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 30 May 2001 10:14:23 -0400, "Marin David Condic" wrote or quoted : >When training former C/C++ programmers to write Ada code, it is important to >make them do exercises to use the ring finger of the right hand to reach the >"_" key. T Another solution in the Kinesis keyboard that makes the _ key much easier reach. Or go whole hog and get the DSK version. See http://mindprod.com/dsk.html#KINESIS In that same essay is a programmer's DSK keyboard that puts programmer's more commonly used keys more accessibly with a reference to some source for keyboard drivers you can modify to roll your own custom keyboard layout. For more detail, please look up the key words mentioned in this post in the Java Glossary at: http://mindprod.com/gloss.html If you don't see what you were looking for, complain! or send your contribution for the glossary. -- Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products Custom computer programming since 1963. Ready to take on new work.