Hi Wirt,

Re:
> Perhaps the most controversial decision we've made has been associated with
> the control codes. The above message is from a long-time friend and one of the
> HP3000's true gurus. I've received similar messages from other gurus,
> including everyone's favorite guru, Stan Sieler.
>
> The problem again is that we lie at the cusp between the old and the new --

Yep...and the *OLD* was to control your PC program with control characters!

> that the Macintosh's "command key" functions (for which there is no equivalent
> key on a PC's keyboard) have come to the PC and have very quickly become the
> new standard.

How about the ALT key?  That's precisely what it's for!

BTW, the Mac didn't originate Command   ... at least as far back
as 1973, I saw terminals with alt, shift, ctl, cmd, and meta ... at
Stanford AI lab.  They used a 10 or 12 bit character code, however.
(They could also tune in one of two TV channels!)

> leaving the control key
> free to be used for its normal purposes.

Precisely!

> If we were to allow an option to turn off the control key sequences listed
> above, we have to write code at the lowest level to intercept all keyboard
> strokes and decide what to do with the specific key before Windows itself
> interprets the key. This isn't particularly difficult. We already have the
> code in place.

so...that doesn't affect the o verriding need to do the right thing!

You're  high on  consistency...how consistent is it that *some* con trol
chars are executed locally ^C, etc., and some are (oresumably)
passed on (^M, ^Y, ^H)?

--
Stan (QCterm-free until I can control-C) Sieler