that sounds like a good solution Wayne - thanks. -- A successful man is one who makes more money than a wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. -Lana Turner, actress (1921-1995)
On 3 Nov 2009, at 15:25, Wayne Burdick wrote: > This is already on the list. The CONFIG:MACRO X menu entry will have > X values of 1-8 and '#'. If you assign MACRO X to a switch, it will > prompt for 1-8 when you use it, giving you access to up to eight > macros with one switch. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > ---- > http://www.elecraft.com > > On Nov 3, 2009, at 2:33 AM, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> All this discussion on macros is very good, but what I'd really like >> is some more programable function keys. >> I don't want to use Mx keys, because I want them for recorded >> messages. That leaves just PFx keys. >> >> I did post over a year ago on the possibility of allowing us to have >> to banks of function keys, using PFx + [0-9] as the way of accessing >> them. >> >> That is, (via a CONFIG option of course) to be able to use PF1 as an >> introducer, followed by one press of the 0 - 9 keys, therefore with >> both PF1 & PF2, that gives us 20 function keys. And it works rather >> like a quick memory (M->V + [0-9]) so I hope wouldn't be too onerous. >> This however does mean you would have to HOLD PF1 or PF2, which might >> be a little annoying. >> >> The alternative for people who want to keep PF1 & PF2 and would work >> around the HOLD of PFx, is to allow us to specify that one of the Mx >> buttons is the introducer to a function bank, thereby, we would loose >> one Mx message and gain 10 function keys, still keeping the PFx keys >> and getting a TAP introducer. It would also allow those that wish it, >> to be able to have 40 function keys by designating all four Mx >> buttons >> as function introducers. And I guess (if there is enough memory, both >> machine and human) they could designate both TAP and HOLD Mx to give >> them 80 function keys, but I'd have trouble remembering 10 >> personally! >> >> Of course, I'm hoping the P3 will provide some more function keys. >> And I saw a suggestion here that perhaps a row of keys could be >> designed to fit under the K3, I guess using the RJ11 (or is it an >> RJ12) service connector as the way into the firmware. >> >> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 >> -- >> Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. >> But I'm not so sure about the universe. -- Albert Einstein. >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
