[AccessD] Ctrl Break

Tony,

 >It is like buying a new car and not getting any window washers.

It is more like not getting a cigaret lighter.  In my last car there was a hole for the lighter but 
the lighter itself didn't come with the car, and the thing that used to be an ash tray is now a cup 
holder.

As I said, I do understand. However the average non-programmer has *never*, not even once, looked 
for the break key.  It isn't used by applications.  So from the manufacturer's perspective, always 
looking for smaller / better / cheaper, removing the break key makes perfect sense.

Keyboards change all the time, go buy a new keyboard and observe your frustration as you search 
around trying to find things that are still there but moved around.

The break key is an anachronism, with the sole exception being us programmers.  What will end up 
happening is that programming tool manufacturers will provide us alternate ways to do the break key.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 9/20/2012 11:29 PM, Tony Septav wrote:
> Hey John
> You make me laugh (in a good way). This new desktop machine cost me $800
> bucks and it does not come with a Break key on the keyboard. It is like
> buying a new car and not getting any window washers.
> Anyway thing done, move on, just was hoping there was a alternative to <CTRL
> Break>.
>
> Thanks
> Tony Septav
> Nanaimo, BC
> Canada