Josiah,
I remember the TSR's as well, really they were the first gateway into
multi-tasking on PC's, for the younger people the were "Terminate and Stay
Resident" programs basically which were reopened with a key combination.
Where they relate to Key mappings is because they were handy tools, that
could help shortcut otherwise complex processes. I remember SideKick and
the GEM Desktop as well. One lesson I learned is why have a popup clock
when you can have one on your desk.
Early windows did hold back some of these and also made many irrelevant,
but this customisability remains in the genes of Windows even today,
although some have been eroded to dumb down the OS for the common person.
With that background spelt out I would actually like to defend an interest
in such obscure tools, in fact they should not be so obscure. Computers
have always being about automation, and as a computer specialist since the
mid 80's I have seen the automation of many things, simplification and
accessibility has being massive, yet far too often the tools of automation
computers do not always permit self automation. Just think for yourself how
often you find yourself doing some repetitive tasks on a computer, and if
they include a Ctrl-alt-key combination or two you need finger gymnastics
along with deep focus to do something really trivial..
I have spent my life looking for opportunity to simplify or automate.
WHAT has AHK got to do with TiddlyWiki?
In both TWC and TW5 when I am building a solution I often find a need to
append or pre-pend one, and sometimes more lline's, with a piece of text.
The most common example may be placing * or # at the beginning of the line.
Often there is no prefix or suffix on each line you can do a search and
replace on, so you need to go to the beginning and/or end of each line and
type something and each time you do the cursor moves and you need to use
arrow keys or mouse. This can be time consuming and painful when you miss
or add a single key stroke.
With AHK my keyboard changes
1. NumpadEnter::Send {Down}{Home}
Move to beginning of next line without a new line
2. +NumpadEnter::Send {Down}{End}
Move to the end of next line without a new line
3. CapsLock::Shift
Never use Capslock but making it a shift sO I DO NOT SHOUT
Make all the difference working with tiddlywiki, believe it or not.
My check is "in the mail"
Tony
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