Category : Alternate Operating Systems - Quarterdeck DesqView, CP/M, etc
Archive   : QMTEK601.ZIP
Filename : KBMOUSE.TEC

ID:KM Keyboard Mouse Key
Quarterdeck Technical Note #117
by Stan Young

One of the problems that affects some DESQview users that do not
have a mouse is that they may on occasion inadvertently activate
the DESQview Keyboard Mouse. The Keyboard Mouse is activated when
you tap the Control key all by itself. When this happens, you get
a beep and a diamond shaped cursor appears on the screen. At this
point, if you move the cursor keys the diamond cursor moves, and
the normal cursor action for the program you were running is
disabled. If you tap the control key again, you get a double beep
and the diamond cursor will go away and cursor control will return
to your application.

This is all quite normal. The Keyboard Mouse is provided in
DESQview to maintain IBM's "TopView" compatibility, since
TopView/DESQview specific applications could require a mouse.
Since TopView defines the Control key as the key to activate the
keyboard mouse, this is the DESQview default.

However, some users who may have a tendency to activate the
Keyboard Mouse by accident may wish to make it more difficult to
turn on. With DV 2.26, simply run the DESQview Setup program,
choose Advanced Setup, and select "K" for Keyboard. Select Y for
"Change system keys? (Y/N)".

Change the Line for Keyboard Mouse so that the Keyboard Mouse Key
is changed from "C" to "0" for disabled. Then hit Enter four
times, which returns you to the DOS prompt.

The following method is favored by tech support for versions of
Desqview prior to DV 2.26.

First, run the DESQview Setup Program. Take the Advanced Setup and
select "K" for Keyboard. Move down to the option that says "Change
system keys? (Y/N)" and type "Y." This takes you to another menu
for defining the system keys. Change the line for Keyboard Mouse
as shown below.

Key to Press Key(s) to Hold Down
Key Which Alt Shift Ctrl

"Keyboard Mouse" Key C E N R D

This necessitates changing only the "Key to hold down/Shift" to
"R." After doing this, hit the Enter key and keep hitting it until
you have backed out of Setup to the DOS prompt. Restart DESQview;
now, in order to activate the Keyboard Mouse, you will have to hold
down the Right Shift key and then tap the Control key. This is
difficult to do by accident.

Copyright (C) 1991 by Quarterdeck Office Systems
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