Query on the F-Keys and KEY statement

greetings --

when powerbasic dos was created, some things that have been with basic since its
inception were retained, such as goto, gosub and stop. also, powerbasic dos allows
the use of an old basic command -- the ? mark -- in place of the preferred print
statement.

another feature of powerbasic comes from the days of gw-basic: the key statement,
where f-keys 1 thru 10 (key 1, key 2, key 3, etc.) could be programmed for special
needs. quickbasic/qbasic allowed for programming of f11 (key 30) and f12 (key 31)
as well and powerbasic does too.

i am curious -- did powerbasic consider re-structuring the language so that all 12
keys could be defined as follows --

Code:

f-keys     definition
unshifted: key  1 thru key 12
shifted:   key 13 thru key 24
w/ ctrl:   key 25 thru key 36
w/ alt:    key 37 thru key 48

custom keys: key 49 thru key 255 -- any other keys on the board

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