Author Topic: Small radio request (Read 131 times)

MANDOBLE · « **on:** January 23, 2002, 06:04:31 AM »

Just to have enabled the functionality of the "clipboard" assigned key while writing in the radio buffer, aswell as any function assigned to nonwritable keypresses or numeric pad keypresses.

xHaMmeRx · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2002, 08:40:59 AM »

Agreed... I often find myself a few words into a message when I realize I need map coordinates or a field name.

HaMmeR
www.netAces.org

popeye · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2002, 12:03:33 PM »

Agree.

lemur · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2002, 04:46:45 PM »

It's pretty important to lock out the 'alphanumeric' keys while you're on the radio.

Imagine if my landing gear were assigned to the 'e' key when I typed on the radio. Right now it's good that it shuts off key commands while I'm typing on the radio.

Good suggestion that anything that is assigned to a 'non alphanumeric' key should be available while you're typing in the radio buffer (that covers all the folks who still have the clipboard mapped to [esc])

Mind you, I get around this by having a button on my throttle mapped to the clipboard.

Personally, I'd love it if the '/' key could change what channel I'm transmitting while the text buffer is open. How many times have you started typing a message only to realize you're typing on the wrong channel?

Be nice that if you hit '/', started typing and then hit [shift]'/' it'd switch your text to the country chan.

~Lemur

Flossy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2002, 06:20:19 PM »

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Originally posted by lemur
How many times have you started typing a message only to realize you're typing on the wrong channel?

Realising while you are typing is bad enough.... but after it has gone out, especially if it is 'sensitive' information, can be embarrassing - especially if it is channel 1 during a scenario! (Not thinking of anyone in particular.... but his name starts with A and ends in C..... and has a T in the middle )