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Acinom · 01-10-2003, 11:02 PM

LOL! Wow. Luna, I'm glad you've fixed it, but for a while there you sounded exactly like my dad after a root canal.

Bree · 01-10-2003, 11:09 PM

Forgive my computer stupidity, but what is a hotkey?

Gurdur · 01-11-2003, 03:15 AM

A hotkey is where you assign a particular function or symbol to one button on your keyboard.

For example, it looks like Lunachick had a hotkey where the keyboard was switched over to the rest of the ANSI special character set, so instead of "f" being printed when the "f"-button on the keyboard is pressed, an "�" was printed instead.

Hotkeys can be any function you assign to them; you just press the button and the hotkey function is then turned on.

And I &hearts; ��߃��.

Secular Pinoy · 01-11-2003, 03:22 AM

Funniest post thus far this year! I couldn't stop laughing. (I was laughing with all of you, not at any of you in particular!)

lunachick · 01-11-2003, 03:29 AM

LOL!!

I'm so glad I got it all worked out before buying yet another keyboard. The one I have now is only two weeks old.

What happened after the phonebook landed on it (my lazy daughter threw me the book when I wanted to look up a number), was that everytime I hit the "e" key, windows explorer would open - when I hit the "f" key, "find files" would open - "d" would make the desktop appear, hiding everything else - and that sort of thing. No character ever had the chance to make it as text. Very frustrating.

I managed to type my later message by using the character map - but it took me a little while to realise that the entire western alphabet (without accents, umlats and the like) was available in that function. That is why I started that post off with funny letters, but then changed to use normal ones.

I'm very relieved that I did not have a virus, and did not have to spend any more freakin' money on stupid things.

Anyway, I'm happy to have provided you all with some humour during my hotkey nightmare.

lunachick · 01-11-2003, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Godless Dave

Luna, I suggest you approach this like an American. Call the keyboard manufacturer and demand a replacement. Act incredulous when they tell you the warranty doesn't cover dropping heavy things on it. Then keep asking for a supervisor until they give you something free.

Actually, call your ISP first. Make them take at least an hour to explain to you why they have nothing to do with your keyboard.

BTW. This advice rocked!

Brahma's atheist · 01-11-2003, 03:54 AM

I thought luna was typing drunk.

lunachick · 01-11-2003, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Brahma's atheist
I thought luna was typing drunk.

Nope.

'twas a genuine pc mishap.

Actually, I type very well when I'm drunk. I don't make any sense in what I'm saying, but I spell everything excellently.

(No, I'm not drinking at the moment.

)

Secular Pinoy · 01-11-2003, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lunachick
(No, I'm not drinking at the moment. )

Really? I could have sworn...

Cheers!

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01-10-2003, 11:02 PM	#21
Acinom Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sweet Home North Carolina Posts: 1,723	LOL! Wow. Luna, I'm glad you've fixed it, but for a while there you sounded exactly like my dad after a root canal.

01-10-2003, 11:09 PM	#22
Bree Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Twin Cities, USA Posts: 3,197	Forgive my computer stupidity, but what is a hotkey?

01-11-2003, 03:15 AM	#23
Gurdur Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Buggered if I know Posts: 12,410	A hotkey is where you assign a particular function or symbol to one button on your keyboard. For example, it looks like Lunachick had a hotkey where the keyboard was switched over to the rest of the ANSI special character set, so instead of "f" being printed when the "f"-button on the keyboard is pressed, an "�" was printed instead. Hotkeys can be any function you assign to them; you just press the button and the hotkey function is then turned on. And I &hearts; ��߃��.

01-11-2003, 03:22 AM	#24
Secular Pinoy Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Quezon City, Philippines Posts: 1,994	Funniest post thus far this year! I couldn't stop laughing. (I was laughing with all of you, not at any of you in particular!)

01-11-2003, 03:29 AM	#25
lunachick Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NZ Posts: 7,895	LOL!! I'm so glad I got it all worked out before buying yet another keyboard. The one I have now is only two weeks old. What happened after the phonebook landed on it (my lazy daughter threw me the book when I wanted to look up a number), was that everytime I hit the "e" key, windows explorer would open - when I hit the "f" key, "find files" would open - "d" would make the desktop appear, hiding everything else - and that sort of thing. No character ever had the chance to make it as text. Very frustrating. I managed to type my later message by using the character map - but it took me a little while to realise that the entire western alphabet (without accents, umlats and the like) was available in that function. That is why I started that post off with funny letters, but then changed to use normal ones. I'm very relieved that I did not have a virus, and did not have to spend any more freakin' money on stupid things. Anyway, I'm happy to have provided you all with some humour during my hotkey nightmare.

01-11-2003, 03:54 AM	#27
Brahma's atheist Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: (not so) United Kingdom Posts: 514	I thought luna was typing drunk.

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