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  Msg # 3009 of 3073 on FPOIN166, Thursday 4-10-19, 10:42  
  From: AUGUST ABOLINS  
  To: MARTIN FOSTER  
  Subj: OpenXP noob questions  
  Hello Martin!  
    
  ** 10.04.19 - 14:19, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:  
    
  MF> [snip]  
  AA>> OK. But I don't understand WHY a simply down-arrow can't land on all  
  of  
  AA>> the items in the menu. The down arrow only selects either [1] Help on  
  AA>> help, or [2] Command line switches:  
    
  AA>> ÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇ  
  AA>> Ç Ç  
  AA>> Ç ÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇ = Online Help Contents = ÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇ Ç  
  AA>> Ç Ç  
  AA>> Ç tab -> Help on Help <-via dn arrow Ç  
  AA>> Ç Ç  
  AA>> Ç tab -> Hotkeys Ç  
  AA>> Ç Ç  
  AA>> Ç tab -> Command line switches <-via dn arrow Ç  
  AA>> Ç Ç  
  AA>> Ç tab -> Support Ç  
  AA>> Ç Ç  
  AA>> Ç tab -> Licence conditions Ç  
  AA>> Ç Ç  
  AA>> Ç ... go to next cross-reference Ç  
  MF> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
  MF> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
    
    
    
  MF> That's because the first five items are cross-references(links) and  
  MF> the help topic is just one single page.  
    
    
  Visually, the above is just a menu/list to me. So, using the arrows to  
  navigate would be natural. But I understand that Tab is literally the  
  "operating" key in many places in the program.  
    
    
  AA>> It just gets a little confusing when to use the tab and when arrow keys  
  AA>> would work. :(  
    
  MF> Welcome to the world of OpenXP :)  
    
  Yeah.. to the "mysterious" world of OpenXP.   
    
    
   ../|ug  
    
  --- OpenXP 5.0.38  
   * Origin: /|ug's Point, ONT, CANADA (2:221/1.58)  

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