On Sunday 15 November 2015 17:46:02 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Hi Gene & Lisi! > > > > <alt>+F, <down>, <right>, 2, <enter> > > > > Is it fussy which <alt>? > > Yep, must be the one left of space. The other one is "alt gr" And I think thats why it didn't work the first time. > > Didn't work the first time, menu opened, but keyboard arrows were > > sent to /dev/null. Closed it, hit it again, worked. ?? > > > > > And you've loaded the second recent file .. > > > > I'll give that a shot when I'm out there making Mahogany chips > > again. Tomorrow. > > > > Thanks Nik, that sounds useable, but fixing the mouse would be even > > better as its a one handed operation. > > You can make "<alt>" sticky, then it's a one handed operation: TDE > control center, "Regional settings/Accessibility", there 2. Tab > "sticky keys" (sorry, translated from german, might be labeled > otherwise), then it's: > > <alt>, f, <down>, <right>, 2, <enter> > > You could automate this sequence with a tool like "xbindkeys" and e.g. > use the darn capslock-key to play that sequence :-) Logitech K360 keyboard, square sided keys, don't get jamed with swarf near as often as a regular keyboard, cheap and compact, has some unused media keys above the esc key that might be stealable for that. :) Thanks you two. > Nik Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>