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File contents
QuickType by Peter Bagnall
This is a module to provide a firm-key system.
Ok, so this is a blast from the past, harking back to the old faithful
electron (not that I ever had one). To use a firm-key, it must be defined.
Once defined all you do is, hold down Alt, (either one), and press the
appropriate key. EVERY SINGLE key other than the two Alt keys may have
strings allocated to them. The command to define a key is as follows
*EXPAND <keyname> <expansion string>
The key name must obey the naming convention below, while the expansion
string can be any string, excluding spaces. It will be quicktyped exactly
as entered in the command.
===== Key Names =====
Main Key cluster
The alphabetic keys are named A to Z, eg *expand h Henry
Numeric Keys are named 0 - 9, eg *expand 0 zero
The shifting keys are as follows
Left Ctrl = Ctrl-L
Right Ctrl = Ctrl-R
Left Shift = Shift-L
Right Shift = Shift-R
Return = Return
Tab = Tab
Backspace = Back
SpaceBar = space
Caps Lock = Caps
All other key names are the character you get by pressing the key on it's
own. Eg the ;/: key is named ;, the " key is named '. ?/ is named / and so
on.
Cursors
The cursor are named Left,Right,Up, and Down.
Numeric Keypad
The numbers are named n0 to n7, eg *expand n5 five, defines 5 on the
numeric keypad as "five". The /,*,#,-,+ and "." are also prefixed by a "n"
eg *expand n+ plus.
Enter is named enter and Num lock is named num
Function Keys
These are all F1 to F12, eg *expand F3 three, defines F3 as "three"
Others
Esc = Esc
Print = Print
Scroll lock = Scroll
Break = Break
Insert = Insert
Delete = Delete
Home = Home
Copy = Copy
Page Up = PageUp
PageDown = PageDown
All names are case independent. The case of the strings is however
preserved. Further Versions will be release as soon as I have time to
write them, so watch this space for more lazy shortcuts.
Happy typing, PMB. Byeeeeeeee!! 00000000 51 75 69 63 6b 54 79 70 65 20 62 79 20 50 65 74 |QuickType by Pet| 00000010 65 72 20 42 61 67 6e 61 6c 6c 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 |er Bagnall..This| 00000020 20 69 73 20 61 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 | is a module to | 00000030 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 20 61 20 66 69 72 6d 2d 6b |provide a firm-k| 00000040 65 79 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2e 0a 4f 6b 2c 20 73 |ey system..Ok, s| 00000050 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 62 6c 61 73 |o this is a blas| 00000060 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 73 74 2c |t from the past,| 00000070 20 68 61 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 62 61 63 6b 20 74 6f | harking back to| 00000080 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6c 64 20 66 61 69 74 68 66 75 | the old faithfu| 00000090 6c 0a 65 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 28 6e 6f 74 20 |l.electron (not | 000000a0 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 65 76 65 72 20 68 61 64 20 |that I ever had | 000000b0 6f 6e 65 29 2e 20 54 6f 20 75 73 65 20 61 20 66 |one). To use a f| 000000c0 69 72 6d 2d 6b 65 79 2c 20 69 74 20 6d 75 73 74 |irm-key, it must| 000000d0 20 62 65 20 64 65 66 69 6e 65 64 2e 0a 4f 6e 63 | be defined..Onc| 000000e0 65 20 64 65 66 69 6e 65 64 20 61 6c 6c 20 79 6f |e defined all yo| 000000f0 75 20 64 6f 20 69 73 2c 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 64 6f |u do is, hold do| 00000100 77 6e 20 41 6c 74 2c 20 28 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 |wn Alt, (either | 00000110 6f 6e 65 29 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 |one), and press | 00000120 74 68 65 0a 61 70 70 72 6f 70 72 69 61 74 65 20 |the.appropriate | 00000130 6b 65 79 2e 20 45 56 45 52 59 20 53 49 4e 47 4c |key. EVERY SINGL| 00000140 45 20 6b 65 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e |E key other than| 00000150 20 74 68 65 20 74 77 6f 20 41 6c 74 20 6b 65 79 | the two Alt key| 00000160 73 20 6d 61 79 20 68 61 76 65 0a 73 74 72 69 6e |s may have.strin| 00000170 67 73 20 61 6c 6c 6f 63 61 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |gs allocated to | 00000180 74 68 65 6d 2e 20 54 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e |them. The comman| 00000190 64 20 74 6f 20 64 65 66 69 6e 65 20 61 20 6b 65 |d to define a ke| 000001a0 79 20 69 73 20 61 73 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 73 0a |y is as follows.| 000001b0 0a 2a 45 58 50 41 4e 44 20 3c 6b 65 79 6e 61 6d |.*EXPAND <keynam| 000001c0 65 3e 20 3c 65 78 70 61 6e 73 69 6f 6e 20 73 74 |e> <expansion st| 000001d0 72 69 6e 67 3e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 6b 65 79 20 6e |ring>..The key n| 000001e0 61 6d 65 20 6d 75 73 74 20 6f 62 65 79 20 74 68 |ame must obey th| 000001f0 65 20 6e 61 6d 69 6e 67 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 6e 74 |e naming convent| 00000200 69 6f 6e 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 2c 20 77 68 69 6c 65 |ion below, while| 00000210 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 70 61 6e 73 69 6f 6e 0a 73 | the expansion.s| 00000220 74 72 69 6e 67 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 61 6e 79 |tring can be any| 00000230 20 73 74 72 69 6e 67 2c 20 65 78 63 6c 75 64 69 | string, excludi| 00000240 6e 67 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 2e 20 49 74 20 77 69 |ng spaces. It wi| 00000250 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 71 75 69 63 6b 74 79 70 65 64 |ll be quicktyped| 00000260 20 65 78 61 63 74 6c 79 0a 61 73 20 65 6e 74 65 | exactly.as ente| 00000270 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 |red in the comma| 00000280 6e 64 2e 0a 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 20 4b 65 79 20 4e |nd...===== Key N| 00000290 61 6d 65 73 20 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 4d 61 69 6e |ames =====..Main| 000002a0 20 4b 65 79 20 63 6c 75 73 74 65 72 0a 54 68 65 | Key cluster.The| 000002b0 20 61 6c 70 68 61 62 65 74 69 63 20 6b 65 79 73 | alphabetic keys| 000002c0 20 61 72 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 41 20 74 6f 20 | are named A to | 000002d0 5a 2c 20 65 67 20 2a 65 78 70 61 6e 64 20 68 20 |Z, eg *expand h | 000002e0 48 65 6e 72 79 0a 4e 75 6d 65 72 69 63 20 4b 65 |Henry.Numeric Ke| 000002f0 79 73 20 61 72 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 30 20 2d |ys are named 0 -| 00000300 20 39 2c 20 65 67 20 2a 65 78 70 61 6e 64 20 30 | 9, eg *expand 0| 00000310 20 7a 65 72 6f 0a 54 68 65 20 73 68 69 66 74 69 | zero.The shifti| 00000320 6e 67 20 6b 65 79 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 73 20 66 |ng keys are as f| 00000330 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 73 0a 20 4c 65 66 74 20 43 74 72 |ollows. Left Ctr| 00000340 6c 20 20 20 3d 20 43 74 72 6c 2d 4c 0a 20 52 69 |l = Ctrl-L. Ri| 00000350 67 68 74 20 43 74 72 6c 20 20 3d 20 43 74 72 6c |ght Ctrl = Ctrl| 00000360 2d 52 0a 20 4c 65 66 74 20 53 68 69 66 74 20 20 |-R. Left Shift | 00000370 3d 20 53 68 69 66 74 2d 4c 0a 20 52 69 67 68 74 |= Shift-L. Right| 00000380 20 53 68 69 66 74 20 3d 20 53 68 69 66 74 2d 52 | Shift = Shift-R| 00000390 0a 20 52 65 74 75 72 6e 20 20 20 20 20 20 3d 20 |. Return = | 000003a0 52 65 74 75 72 6e 0a 20 54 61 62 20 20 20 20 20 |Return. Tab | 000003b0 20 20 20 20 3d 20 54 61 62 0a 20 42 61 63 6b 73 | = Tab. Backs| 000003c0 70 61 63 65 20 20 20 3d 20 42 61 63 6b 0a 20 53 |pace = Back. S| 000003d0 70 61 63 65 42 61 72 20 20 20 20 3d 20 73 70 61 |paceBar = spa| 000003e0 63 65 0a 20 43 61 70 73 20 4c 6f 63 6b 20 20 20 |ce. Caps Lock | 000003f0 3d 20 43 61 70 73 0a 41 6c 6c 20 6f 74 68 65 72 |= Caps.All other| 00000400 20 6b 65 79 20 6e 61 6d 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 74 | key names are t| 00000410 68 65 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 79 6f 75 |he character you| 00000420 20 67 65 74 20 62 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 | get by pressing| 00000430 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 27 73 | the key on it's| 00000440 0a 6f 77 6e 2e 20 45 67 20 74 68 65 20 3b 2f 3a |.own. Eg the ;/:| 00000450 20 6b 65 79 20 69 73 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 3b 2c | key is named ;,| 00000460 20 74 68 65 20 22 20 6b 65 79 20 69 73 20 6e 61 | the " key is na| 00000470 6d 65 64 20 27 2e 20 3f 2f 20 69 73 20 6e 61 6d |med '. ?/ is nam| 00000480 65 64 20 2f 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 0a 6f 6e 2e 0a |ed / and so.on..| 00000490 0a 43 75 72 73 6f 72 73 0a 54 68 65 20 63 75 72 |.Cursors.The cur| 000004a0 73 6f 72 20 61 72 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 4c 65 |sor are named Le| 000004b0 66 74 2c 52 69 67 68 74 2c 55 70 2c 20 61 6e 64 |ft,Right,Up, and| 000004c0 20 44 6f 77 6e 2e 0a 0a 4e 75 6d 65 72 69 63 20 | Down...Numeric | 000004d0 4b 65 79 70 61 64 0a 54 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 |Keypad.The numbe| 000004e0 72 73 20 61 72 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 6e 30 20 |rs are named n0 | 000004f0 74 6f 20 6e 37 2c 20 65 67 20 2a 65 78 70 61 6e |to n7, eg *expan| 00000500 64 20 6e 35 20 66 69 76 65 2c 20 64 65 66 69 6e |d n5 five, defin| 00000510 65 73 20 35 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 6e 75 6d 65 |es 5 on the.nume| 00000520 72 69 63 20 6b 65 79 70 61 64 20 61 73 20 22 66 |ric keypad as "f| 00000530 69 76 65 22 2e 20 54 68 65 20 2f 2c 2a 2c 23 2c |ive". The /,*,#,| 00000540 2d 2c 2b 20 61 6e 64 20 22 2e 22 20 61 72 65 20 |-,+ and "." are | 00000550 61 6c 73 6f 20 70 72 65 66 69 78 65 64 20 62 79 |also prefixed by| 00000560 20 61 20 22 6e 22 0a 65 67 20 2a 65 78 70 61 6e | a "n".eg *expan| 00000570 64 20 6e 2b 20 70 6c 75 73 2e 0a 45 6e 74 65 72 |d n+ plus..Enter| 00000580 20 69 73 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 | is named enter | 00000590 61 6e 64 20 4e 75 6d 20 6c 6f 63 6b 20 69 73 20 |and Num lock is | 000005a0 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 6e 75 6d 0a 0a 46 75 6e 63 74 |named num..Funct| 000005b0 69 6f 6e 20 4b 65 79 73 0a 54 68 65 73 65 20 61 |ion Keys.These a| 000005c0 72 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 46 31 20 74 6f 20 46 31 32 |re all F1 to F12| 000005d0 2c 20 65 67 20 2a 65 78 70 61 6e 64 20 46 33 20 |, eg *expand F3 | 000005e0 74 68 72 65 65 2c 20 64 65 66 69 6e 65 73 20 46 |three, defines F| 000005f0 33 20 61 73 20 22 74 68 72 65 65 22 0a 0a 4f 74 |3 as "three"..Ot| 00000600 68 65 72 73 0a 45 73 63 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |hers.Esc | 00000610 20 3d 20 45 73 63 0a 50 72 69 6e 74 20 20 20 20 | = Esc.Print | 00000620 20 20 20 3d 20 50 72 69 6e 74 0a 53 63 72 6f 6c | = Print.Scrol| 00000630 6c 20 6c 6f 63 6b 20 3d 20 53 63 72 6f 6c 6c 0a |l lock = Scroll.| 00000640 42 72 65 61 6b 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3d 20 42 72 |Break = Br| 00000650 65 61 6b 0a 49 6e 73 65 72 74 20 20 20 20 20 20 |eak.Insert | 00000660 3d 20 49 6e 73 65 72 74 0a 44 65 6c 65 74 65 20 |= Insert.Delete | 00000670 20 20 20 20 20 3d 20 44 65 6c 65 74 65 0a 48 6f | = Delete.Ho| 00000680 6d 65 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3d 20 48 6f 6d 65 |me = Home| 00000690 0a 43 6f 70 79 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3d 20 43 |.Copy = C| 000006a0 6f 70 79 0a 50 61 67 65 20 55 70 20 20 20 20 20 |opy.Page Up | 000006b0 3d 20 50 61 67 65 55 70 0a 50 61 67 65 44 6f 77 |= PageUp.PageDow| 000006c0 6e 20 20 20 20 3d 20 50 61 67 65 44 6f 77 6e 0a |n = PageDown.| 000006d0 20 20 20 20 20 0a 41 6c 6c 20 6e 61 6d 65 73 20 | .All names | 000006e0 61 72 65 20 63 61 73 65 20 69 6e 64 65 70 65 6e |are case indepen| 000006f0 64 65 6e 74 2e 20 54 68 65 20 63 61 73 65 20 6f |dent. The case o| 00000700 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 72 69 6e 67 73 20 69 73 |f the strings is| 00000710 20 68 6f 77 65 76 65 72 0a 70 72 65 73 65 72 76 | however.preserv| 00000720 65 64 2e 20 46 75 72 74 68 65 72 20 56 65 72 73 |ed. Further Vers| 00000730 69 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 72 65 6c |ions will be rel| 00000740 65 61 73 65 20 61 73 20 73 6f 6f 6e 20 61 73 20 |ease as soon as | 00000750 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 74 6f 0a 77 |I have time to.w| 00000760 72 69 74 65 20 74 68 65 6d 2c 20 73 6f 20 77 61 |rite them, so wa| 00000770 74 63 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 66 |tch this space f| 00000780 6f 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 6c 61 7a 79 20 73 68 6f |or more lazy sho| 00000790 72 74 63 75 74 73 2e 0a 0a 48 61 70 70 79 20 74 |rtcuts...Happy t| 000007a0 79 70 69 6e 67 2c 20 50 4d 42 2e 20 42 79 65 65 |yping, PMB. Byee| 000007b0 65 65 65 65 65 65 21 21 |eeeeee!!| 000007b8
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