C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts

Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by mixmastamyk on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:07PM (#18007184)

Interesting to read about pull-down menus being useful as I suffer from their removal on current GTK apps.

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Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by sehugg on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:55PM (#18007637)

I was just thinking about DOS apps, specifically how nice it was when keyboard shortcuts pertinent to your current mode were helpfully displayed at the bottom of the screen.

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Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by cdcfa78156ae5 on Monday September 17, 2018 @03:43PM (#18009286)

You can get that in Emacs with the which-key: https://github.com/justbur/emacs-which-key

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Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:20PM (#18008488)

Remember the cardboard cutouts that sat over the F-keys and listed what each did? Used by ex. Wordperfect.

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Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by sehugg on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:32PM (#18008620)

Yes, unfortunately. "Reveal Codes" FTW :)

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Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by compsciphd on Monday September 17, 2018 @05:20PM (#18010189)

alt-f3 is burned into my brain forever.

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