[Coco] Coco Digest, Vol 49, Issue 25 (Brackets)

[Robert Sherwood]

At 11:56 PM 8/7/2007, you wrote:

>
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:45:18 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Robert Sherwood <photorob00 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [Coco] Brackets on Vcc (was: Good full screen editor?)
> > To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> > Message-ID: <951227.46083.qm at web30915.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > Paul Fitch wrote:
> >
> > > Oh, and VCC NEEDS BRACKETS.  Can't even edit C
> > source with them.  They are
> > > not a choice allowed under VCC at this time.
> >
> > Shift+down arrow and Shift+ right arrow respectively
> > (just like a real CoCo).  If you want to use the
> > bracket keys on the PC:
> >    go to the configuration menu
> >    select the keyboard tab
> >    scroll down to a blank spot
> >    make a key-map definition (as explained in the
> > "welcome" pdf)
> >
> > --Rob (yeah, another one...)
> >
>Tried to do that.  Went to the keyboard pulldown, went to the bottom of the
>list, selected "[ + SHIFT" on the left hand columns and "DOWN + SHIFT" on
>the right hand Columns.  Same for the other bracket.
>
>However, from the command line, when I hit "[ + SHIFT", it activates the
>history and goes to the end of the line.  The  "DOWN + SHIFT" just shows me
>a dot, ie "."  No brackets.
>
>Inside ED, the "[ + SHIFT" does nothing, and "DOWN + SHIFT" advances the
>cursor 5 characters to the right.  Not sure whats happening here.

Sorry, my misunderstanding.  I'm not much of an OS-9 or C user, so I 
thought you were referring to the square brackets, not the curly ones.

I agree that is a puzzle.

--Rob


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