#Benchmark FKeys?
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All I want for Christmas is my FKey Template. The beta version I got came with
a Xerox of a strip which I neglected to have laminated, and now it's so ratty I
can't read it.
So create your own tamplate! Simply press the HELP key followed by whatever
F-key (or any other key, for that matter), and Emacs will tell you what that
key is bound to. Isn't Emacs neat?
– STeve –
I can create my own template, but Oxxi's Maxiplan template is something
special. I think the A1000 is the only Amiga to have the little depression on
the keyboard to hold templates (pencils, No-Doz, etc.)
Naughty, naughty, Thomas. The first thing I did was glue that little Xerox
thing to a piece of shirt cardboard and cover it with Scotch Magic Transparent
tape. Still looks beautiful. I'll copy it for you if you want another.
Although it takes some getting used to I really like the Benchmark approach to
strings. Passing addresses only resolves a lot of the ambiguity. Yes you can
(and are encouraged to) put string literals in your subroutine calls. (
i.e.DoThis(ADR("MyString")); ) If you prefer to pass the string itself rather
than its address you can but it seems you have to use a compiler switch ($D+/-
I think) to bracket the called PROCEDURE. The manual is less than clear on
this (to me) but since many of the demos are ported from TDI this technique is
used frequently. I went nuts trying to load text into IntuiText structures
until I saw this. — Art