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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
Isn't NumLock just one of those set-it-and-forget-it kind of buttons though? I just press it once when I boot the computer and never touch it again. The only time I notice it is off is if I go to properly type numbers and the cursor goes flying all over the place!
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Or it (cursor) doesn't go anywhere because the blessed thing is pressed, very irritating on unwired keyboards that don't have any indicator lights.
I use the num pad a lot for short cuts - ctrl+home , ctl+alt+- for em hyph, ctrl+PgDn/Up for Find next and previous etc, etc. Matias replaces numlock with a Tab key, which is useful when the numlock is on and you're bashing numbers into a spreadsheet. Numlock is next to Pause, up where Scroll Lock lives - where its always belonged - IMO
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
I must admit, I don't use Mac (so not familiar with the specific tools). I just work in Linux/Windows-land.
But from a quick perusal, isn't this what Microsoft has been trying (keyword... trying) to do with their Windows 8/10 search?
I can't say I am a fan of everything being typed in the local search being broadcast to third parties + internet. Ubuntu got dinged for that a few years back, and here Microsoft is trying to shove it down everyone's throats:
"Oh, Test1.txt. Want me to Bing that for you? Too late, I already did." |
Spotlight searches the content of files. It's analogous to Windows/File Explorer Search (top right corner) on steroids, in that it can search inside more file types - in particular ePubs.
The search thing that recent Windows versions put in the task bar, that can be also invoked via Winkey+S seems to be a different kettle of fish. It only seems to be useful for looking up programs and the like. AFAIK it doesn't look inside your documents, emails, C++ code, music and video metadata etc etc - thank goodness. That's what the other one does.
I think the Bing thing your referring to must be related to the Cortana thing (or as I call it the Mrs Ford Cortina thing), she doesn't speak 'strine so we don't get her down here - or at least I don't.
Why Mrs Ford Cortina, in my world she's the daughter of Ford Prefect. I believe Mrs Cortina's Apple analogue is called Siri, which in my world has to be short for Ferranti Sirius (ly)
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