Re: [NTLK] Arrow keys to move left and right

From: Daniel Padilla (daniel.padilla_at_wanadoo.es)
Date: Tue Sep 24 2002 - 12:45:14 PDT


    If fixing a word involves adding or deleting a space, you can draw a "v"
or an inverted "v" to join or split a word.

    Daniel Padilla

(uh? Sean? ;-)

----- Original Message -----
From: John Charlton <johncharlton_at_mac.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:07 PM
Subject: [NTLK] Arrow keys to move left and right

>
> Related to my coveting problem, here's a problem I frequently have -
> positioning the cursor precisely to fix a word. You're off the mark by a
> letter and want to move the cursor, if you tap a character over you're
> almost guaranteed to bring up the caret menu. Arrgh, no arrow keys.
>
> Now when I got my original 130 it came with Vitamin A, which had handy
> arrow keys, but never got it re-registered, because that was about the
> only thing I used on it. Also a pain if you wanted to move two characters.
> I'd really like something in the Notes toolbar that just moved the
cursor
> left and right, maybe with a delete too. (Would go well next to Note
> Scroller for up and down a notch.) One tap simplicity.
>
> Does such a thing exist, or have I just found my first programming
project?
>
> jc
>
>
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