Adhesive/tabbed overlays - C47 & WP43 (DM42), WP3xS, DB48X, newRPL variants!

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(09-02-2023 08:01 AM)Gilles Wrote:  I have been using the newRPL HP50g overlay for a few weeks and I am very satisfied.

However, I have a remark on one point that bothers me quite a bit: it is the position of the letters which are not on the keys themselves (G to L, M, P) . By default (and therefore on the keys) the letters are positioned on the right of the key. On the overlay, the choice was made to put them on the left and it's quite disturbing even with practice I regularly make mistakes.

Couldn't we (on the main overlay) move the letters which are to the left of the keys to the right of the keys like on the 50g in RPL? We would just have to move the COPY/BEGIN/UNDO texts a little to the right (and a little to the top for COPY) but there seems to be room there. Another solution could be to print G->L on the stick of the key. It may seem like a detail but I think it would be much better and logical with this new positioning.

I never even noticed that inconsistency. I can look into this. Those labels for COPY and UNDO could probably shift over to the right a bit, and maybe the PASTE and SWAP labels shift equally to the left for symmetry around the direction buttons.