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   Message 753 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   OpenXP noob questions   
   10 Apr 19 14:19:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet d749b19c   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d74015c9   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Linux) (x86_64)   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 09.04.19 at 19:38, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
   [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> ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»   
    AA> º                                                        º   
    AA> º     °°°°°°°°°° = Online Help Contents = °°°°°°°°°°     º   
    AA> º                                                        º   
    AA> º           tab ->     Help on Help      <-via dn arrow  º   
    AA> º                                                        º   
    AA> º           tab ->       Hotkeys                         º   
    AA> º                                                        º   
    AA> º           tab -> Command line switches <-via dn arrow  º   
    AA> º                                                        º   
    AA> º           tab ->       Support                         º   
    AA> º                                                        º   
    AA> º           tab ->  Licence conditions                   º   
    AA> º                                                        º   
    AA> º    ... go to next cross-reference                 º   
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
    AA> º  Alt-F1 ... go back one page (Windows only)            º   
    AA> º                                                        º   
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    AA> º                                                        º   
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    AA> ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ   
      
    AA> ..instead, we have to use .  (I mean, the top menu uses arrows to   
    AA> navigate), so why not this menu?   
      
   That's because the first five items are cross-references(links) and     
   the help topic is just one single page.   
      
    AA> It just gets a little confusing when to use the tab and when arrow keys   
    AA> would work.  :(   
      
   Welcome to the world of OpenXP :)   
      
    AA> But thanks for the heads-up!   
      
   You're welcome.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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