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(12-19-2017 09:10 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  They are different, likely due to the varying nature of keyboards that Free42 works with (logical, if you think about it).

But on the DM42, once in Alpha mode, use [Shift][Down] until you see the [a] indicator, and you are in lower case mode and then no need to shift at all for as many lc chars using the full keyboard as you want. [Shift][Up] to go back to [A] (upper case) and use the full keyboard as well, [Shift][Up] again to go back to [ ] mode, when it behaves just like a real 42S (except of course the hold-shift thing). Repeated [Shift]-[Up] or -[Down] will wrap around the 3 states.

Thanks Bob, I had a question earlier in this thread about how to use the full keyboard characters so I can do that...I just sometimes like to use the old-style alpha menu for short variables and it is rather nice to be able to hold the shift key down.

I figured it might have originally been this way because some devices might not accept simultaneous inputs, but thought I'd mention it in the case of DM42 anyway. It may have been discussed at some point on the Swiss Micros forums, I know I didn't read everything over there.