43S Alternative key layout --> WP43C

[Jaymos]

Maybe precede the value with X: or Y:, etc.

Or utilising the softmenu space for this?

The softmenu space might be put to interesting use if we do something similar with constants as well.

Getting ahead of myself (fart warning), there might be some operations which might be assigned to softkeys in this SHOW mode, e.g. copy, print, take screenshot, show next / previous chunk of decimals...

All good ideas, but for a SHOW enhancement it would be encroaching into the known area for REGS.V (RBR) and the yet unknown details of VIEW. I want to first see what is done from the main project.

So, for now I will stick to the large font display already done, as well as to try the arrows up/down for X through D.

BTW, I already implemented screen print the same way as it is done on DM42: keep in the shift key while pressing DISP. It saves the screen image to the folder /SCREENS/.

[H2X]

Of course! I am just brainstorming (hopefully not -farting...)

[Dani R.]

There are ideas to implement a LISTVIEW (instead of the softmenu), especially for constants and FNCS. With a LISTVIEW you would perhaps bring less than the 18 possible constants to the screen, but it would be possible to add a very short description to the constants. If (the one to be developed) LISTVIEW was open, the (direct) function keys would get the functionality to handle the list.

Maybe precede the value with X: or Y:, etc.

Or utilising the softmenu space for this?

The softmenu space might be put to interesting use if we do something similar with constants as well.

Getting ahead of myself (fart warning), there might be some operations which might be assigned to softkeys in this SHOW mode, e.g. copy, print, take screenshot, show next / previous chunk of decimals...

Edit: increase / decrease font size for readability or showing more decimals...

Edit2: toggle ENG / SCI mode (temporarily)...

With some care, your ideas can complement each other (f-function keys?).

[H2X]

f-function keys?

Yes, I was thinking the FN1-6 keys, unshifted as I don't think more than 6 operations need be presented. Which suggests a one-line softmenu, leaving screen space free.

[Jaymos]

So, for now I will stick to the large font display already done, as well as to try the arrows up/down for X through D.

BTW, I already implemented screen print the same way as it is done on DM42: keep in the shift key while pressing DISP. It saves the screen image to the folder /SCREENS/.

• I have fiddled a lot to see what is possible with SHOW:
• It does large digits for REAL and COMPLEX, as well as for long integers, and when the length gets too long it reduces the font to print more digits.
• If you press SHOW, it starts with the X register, and with Up and Dn (if no menu is up) it cycles through all the named registers, X-D, I, J, K & L.
• I added the register name left of the first line.
• If you press SHOW it clears the four the registers from the screen, but leaves the softmenu on the screen if it was there. I tried to remove the softmenu when SHOW is called, but the logic of when the softmenu must pop on again, the key control, and that together with the arrows cycling between registers, were a bit confusing, so I removed this feature again.
• I added a one line menu, but it did not work well, so I removed this feature again.

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[H2X]

• I have fiddled a lot to see what is possible with SHOW:
• It does large digits for REAL and COMPLEX, as well as for long integers, and when the length gets too long it reduces the font to print more digits.
• If you press SHOW, it starts with the X register, and with Up and Dn (if no menu is up) it cycles through all the named registers, X-D, I, J, K & L.
• I added the register name left of the first line.
• If you press SHOW it clears the four the registers from the screen, but leaves the softmenu on the screen if it was there. I tried to remove the softmenu when SHOW is called, but the logic of when the softmenu must pop on again, the key control, and that together with the arrows cycling between registers, were a bit confusing, so I removed this feature again.
• I added a one line menu, but it did not work well, so I removed this feature again.

It sounds like SHOW is not yet modal, and some details might be discussed and experimented with, but jolly good job so far! The Myopian People all over the globe will be eternally grateful for proving this possible!

[Walter]

The Myopian People all over the globe will be eternally grateful for proving this possible!

Just a little remark: If you claim you care for visually challenged people, stay coherent! Enlarge the font size of your menus as well, the size of the status bar, and the prints on the keyplate. Just saying...

[H2X]

The Myopian People all over the globe will be eternally grateful for proving this possible!

Just a little remark: If you claim you care for visually challenged people, stay coherent! Enlarge the font size of your menus as well, the size of the status bar, and the prints on the keyplate. Just saying...

I disagree.

Menu items, status bar items, prints on the keyplate and keys themselves are inherently different by virtue of being constant values and having a fixed position. Pattern recognition and muscle memory will apply.

PS: If any Myopians have any opinion on this, I would love to hear about it and learn how to address it.

[Walter]

If any Myopians have any opinion on this, I would love to hear about it and learn how to address it.

Done already.

(I doubt, however, that you meant what you wrote. Aren't you talking about hyperopic or presbyopic people? But how can I know what you mean if I can only read what you write? )

[H2X]

If any Myopians have any opinion on this, I would love to hear about it and learn how to address it.

Done already.

(I doubt, however, that you meant what you wrote. Aren't you talking about hyperopic or presbyopic people? )

I stand corrected!

I still think that the fundamental point is valid, even if we exclude Myopians and include other visually challenged tribes. I also suspect that enlarging the entire calculator is not an option.

And I'd love to hear from more experts in the field, i.e. those wearing the shoes (or in this case, the visual aids).