Hallo Herr tsiegel--- via Freedos-user, am Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2024 um 23:41 schrieben Sie:
> On 2/8/2024 3:34 PM, tom ehlert via Freedos-user wrote: >> only problem would be that your typin speed is now limited to 1 haracter per >> e.g. 500 milliseconds. >> not very practical. > Not at all. A keyboard driver is going to know when a key is released, as > well as when it's pressed. Nothing preventing it from operating normally > when it's released fast enough, and only shifting the character if it isn't > released in the alotted time. It doesn't restrict typing speed in the least > (with the exception of course of making the capital letters.). rethinking this, you are right. if the scancode is interpreted/send to the BIOS as soon as some other scancode is detected (either other key depressed or key-released) typing speed would not be limited. only "do you agree Y/N" would be limited if you HOLD the Y key. probably not a problem. > I've never tested it, but if you have key repeat turned off, then it's likely > the character doesn't appear until you release the key anyhow, so ... <shrug> yes, this feature would require BIOS key repeat and replace it with "automatic shift". I don't see a big problem here as long as this is choosable. big problem here is that noone will implement it. even bigger one that DOS/WINDOWS/Linux/MacOS would be different. I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS IN ALL CAPS. Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
