I've not followed all this thread (in fact I only have the last few entries), but I think both camps have a point. I get frustrated turning CAPS on and off and if I were to sit and count the amount of times I press the CAPS-LOCK key I'd be completely amazed.
I've been working with PICK on PC emulators all my career - I never studied typing but can quite happily key with 2-4 fingers each hand and largely without looking at the keyboard at all (perhaps just to regain reference every now and again). Switching Caps is almost a sub-conscious event - I am sure if I were to look at a recording of myself typing I'd be surprised how many times I switched the thing - right, then wrong, then right again - it's just second nature now. Oddly when I code I use mixed case VERBS & KEYWORDS in upper case Variables Mixed Case but I have CAPS set on and hold my 'pinky' down to mix the cases on verbs - I find it's the easiest way for me - perhaps I am odd?? If you think you have problems working on an English/US keyboard try coding on the French AZERTY keyboards - now these foreign keyboards really do mess things up!! Recently on coming out of a Universe session I have noticed that the MS Office apps can detect you're in CAPS-LOCK mode and can optionally drop you to lower case - This is great, but I still probably switch the CAPS twice before I've even noticed the darn thing has done it for me!!! In conclusion I'd have to say that U2 is behind the times with it's CAPS requirement and it could change I guess if it was deemed to be of such importance... Either way I'd still type the same, and still mess with the CAPS-LOCK far more than necessary! Mike PS I find unix irritating that it does not recognise LS when I mean ls or CP when I mean cp - how hard can it be to have both cases valid for such a small command set? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: 10 March 2008 14:12 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [U2] blank lines in code / mixed case Bill, I followed you until this: * Upper case is an anachronism and should be treated as such rather than defended. It is unwieldy for far too many and, in fact, interferes with efficient typing at every turn. Forcing people to use [Caps Lock] in U2 while all other used applications require [Caps Lock] to be off is a egalitarian ruse for autocracy. :-) * While I understand this is intended to be slightly tongue-in-cheek, saying that it unequivocally "interferes with efficient typing at every turn" is quite possibly much more generalized of a statement than the discussion warrants. While I agree with your assessment about the mix of applications that we are using at any given moment which are using the caps lock in the off position, I find this to be a non-issue and rarely miss more than a couple of characters when switching between apps. For me personally, a couple of caps mistakes a week beats the thousands of times pressing the Shift key where I - notably a two-finger typist - have to get both hands involved. But rather than rely upon conjecture, why not actually test this theory? Let's setup a meeting at Spectrum where we each create a simple sample program using our case of choice, and we'll appoint an "official" timer to see which method produces the fastest results. Game? -K ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
