Customizing the keyboard, Customizing the keyboard -4 – HP 48g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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To specify functionality for shifted keys:

■ Inside the CST list, replace the object by an embedded list of

objects; ■ [ object ^.nshifted objeciiettshm object right-shift >• (You can
omit the last one or two objects if you want.)

You must specify the unshifted action in order to have the shifted

actions. In addition, you can combine the special-label enhancement

and the shifted-functionality enhancement—see the following example.

Example:

Suppose you want the CST menu key
the following three actions:

VOL to provide

VOL evaluates a program that stores the value in

level 1 in a variable named VBOX.

■ S3 VOL evaluates a program that computes the

product of levels 1 , 2 , and 3.

B [T

h

T) VOL types VOLUME.

The following CST list provides the desired custom menu. The menu

contains only one label:

VOL .

' VBUf

C''0LUME"

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To create a temporary menu:

1. Enter the menu list as with CST.

2. Press f ^ f M O D E S ) M E N U T H E N . This creates and displays a

temporary menu without overwriting the contents of the variable

CST.

Customizing the Keyboard

The HP 48 lets you assign alternate functionality to any key on
the keyboard (including alpha and shifted keys), enabling you to

customize the keyboard for your particular needs. Your customized

keyboard is called the user keyboard, and it’s active whenever the

calculator is in User mode.

30-4 Customizing the HP 48

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