grandhorn
01-15-2005, 03:28 PM
I have a question for the programmers as to whether the following would work as an, albeit slightly initially confusing, solution to the text input issues with MCE 2005 and Firefly. This composed of two components as follows:
1) Small utility which runs in the background and converts key sequences into a remapping of the 1-0 keys such that they represent letters. Being only 10 numbers, there would have to be 3 sequences for the entire alphabet to work. Then a forth sequence to return to normal layout. So, for example only, Alt-1 gives us A-J for 1-0, Alt-2 gives us K-T and etc. Almost like hitting shift to get the charachters above the numerals.
2) Program the buttons on the Firefly to initiate those sequences. I.E. the B button triggers Alt-1 etc. After this is pressed, then the 1-0 would act as letters above.
Certainly, that may take a while to get used to but can it be done? I am not a programmer but I have seen utilities that perform similar functions that run in the system tray. I don't know whether this would work in MCE. It does seem like a simple concept but sometimes I realize simple things to the layman are not so to those who know what they're doing! Just a thought to get some ideas on the table as this is the only major issue with the Firefly as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks
1) Small utility which runs in the background and converts key sequences into a remapping of the 1-0 keys such that they represent letters. Being only 10 numbers, there would have to be 3 sequences for the entire alphabet to work. Then a forth sequence to return to normal layout. So, for example only, Alt-1 gives us A-J for 1-0, Alt-2 gives us K-T and etc. Almost like hitting shift to get the charachters above the numerals.
2) Program the buttons on the Firefly to initiate those sequences. I.E. the B button triggers Alt-1 etc. After this is pressed, then the 1-0 would act as letters above.
Certainly, that may take a while to get used to but can it be done? I am not a programmer but I have seen utilities that perform similar functions that run in the system tray. I don't know whether this would work in MCE. It does seem like a simple concept but sometimes I realize simple things to the layman are not so to those who know what they're doing! Just a thought to get some ideas on the table as this is the only major issue with the Firefly as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks