On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, John Levon wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Allan Rae wrote:
>
> > If you are just remapping BackSpace to PageUp and Space to PageDown why
> > not just move your hand 3 or 4 inches to the right of its usual position
> > and use the predefined keys in the first place :P
> >
> > Forget the cursor keys just use the paging keys.
> >
> > Then the only time you need any other keys is to open any collapsed
> > footnotes etc. Which you can speed up with the menu or accelerator keys
> > to Open-All.
> >
> > Either that or buy a wheel mouse ;-)
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Allan. (ARRae)
> >
>
> I guess there is a resounding lack of interest for this feature then ;)
Actually someone did suggest something like this about two or three years
ago. In fact I have a sneaking suspicion it was somebody who is still
subscribed to this list and spoke out against your patch!
I'll check the archives and see if I can embarrass someone on Friday ;-)
Allan. (ARRae)