Missing Enter Key - was Using multi-line message box

[Paul Looney]

William,
I have four different Mac laptops and the Function, Enter, and Option  
keys are in different places on each. I expect the next round of  
Apple keyboards to rearrange them again.
So, I use a USB Unicomp Model "M" keyboard.
I can attach it to any of the laptops (or any desktop) and the keys  
are always where I expect them to be.
In addition:
1. the keys use the classic IBM "buckling spring" key-switch -  
infinitely better than spongy laptop scissor switches
2. when I'm ready to trade in the laptop, the keys look like new
3. this particular keyboard seems to be indestructible (some have  
been in daily use for over 25 years)
4. the layout is the same from year to year (even decade to decade)
It is about $70 at:

http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/en104bl.html

For $10 more they will include a set of Command and Option keys to  
make it look more Mac-like. This is not noted on the web-site, you  
have to call and ask. By the way, I bought the key caps but never  
found it necessary to install them (alt = option; windows = command).
Do note: except for the USB, this is same as the 1984 IBM Model "M";  
feels just as good - and sounds just as loud.

If the concept of an external keyboard appeals to you but the "M" is  
too big, consider the Mac Mini Pro from

http://www.fentek-ind.com/kbmmacusb.htm

It has full-sized keys but no number pad. I use it when I travel.

On some versions of OS X you can also use Apple's System Preferences  
to re-purpose keys (for instance, to make the right Option key an  
Enter key).  KeyReMap4Macbook

ttp://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/macosx/keyremap4macbook/

will do the same thing on any version of OS X and I think it is  
easier to use.
Paul Looney

On Oct 14, 2009, at 12:10 PM, william humphrey wrote:

> When you're using a mac-laptop the enter key is a combination enter  
> key and
> returnkey. So if you want to run a multi-line script you have to  
> hold the
> function key down on the mac laptop keyboard and hit the return key  
> for it
> to be an enter key. I spent ten minutes or so trying to find  
> another way to
> do this (there usually is another way) but could not find a button or
> anything in the RunRev IDE that would run a multi-line script if  
> you don't
> have an enter key.
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