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Re: Mouse single click handling?

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On Thu, 21 Dec 2023, at 13:36, songbird wrote:

> i've
> already worn some of letters off the keys.  :(  but, well, i got
> it on sale for about $30 so i really can't complain.

For years I've used Dymo labels to replace keyboard legends.
(Not the 1960s/1970s thick 3d labels, but 'printed' ones).  After
sticking individual letters onto keytops (usually using tweezers
to position them as accurately as possible) I put mutiple coats
of clear nail varnish over them - which seems to lengthen their
life & help to hold down the edges of the stickers.

When they eventually need replaced it's sometimes difficult 
to get a Dymo letter off a key, needing something sharp (eg
a needle or scalpel) to lift the sticky label off the key.

Then I clean the key with isopropyl alcohol (as used eg for
cleaning heads on tape recorders), & make & attach a new
label.

Mostly I use Dymo media corresponding to the colour 
scheme of the original keyboard, but - eg on a laptop
which has white legends on black keys - I've replaced
some legends with "black print on yellow tape" labels
which are much easier to see and provide me with a
few visual landmarks on the keyboard ... which helps me
when I don't yet quite need to put a room light on.

I keep hoping that my next laptop will have a backlit
keyboard but very often the machines I choose (for
other higher-priority criteria) don't have them.

I've also tried a few clip-on mini lights (plugged into a
spare USB socket) but many such lights come with poor
quality clips &/ cables that are too short to reach the
USB socket of choice (or indeed any USB socket). 

-- 
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.

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  Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-12-19 16:30 +0100
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    Re: Mouse single click handling? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-19 16:50 +0100
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        Re: Mouse single click handling? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-20 06:00 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-20 06:10 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 17:10 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
        [SOLVED?] Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-21 11:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-12-19 17:50 +0100
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      Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 18:00 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2023-12-19 18:20 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Alexis Grigoriou <alexis@nanoid.net> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 21:50 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2023-12-20 16:00 +0100
            [SOLVED] Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-20 19:30 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-12-20 05:30 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbi.73@letterboxes.org> - 2023-12-20 20:40 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2023-12-20 21:00 +0100
            Re: Mouse single click handling? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-12-21 15:00 +0100
              Re: Mouse single click handling? "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbi.73@letterboxes.org> - 2023-12-22 16:40 +0100
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                Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-12-23 18:00 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 22:10 +0100
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    Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
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    Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-19 18:10 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2023-12-20 02:10 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-12-20 03:20 +0100
      OT: Pitfalls of online purchases (Was Re: Mouse single click  handling?) "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 08:50 +0100
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      Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-12-20 13:50 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-19 18:10 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 16:20 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 16:30 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-20 19:30 +0100

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