Re: Norm's keyboard problem...

["Timothy Olson" TLO@xxxxxxxx]

Something similar to this was discussed on the list a couple years ago. If memory serves, Robert's solution of renaming one's keyboard tables does the trick. For some reason, having names like "CTRL" "ALT" etc. increases the likelihood of Windows "holding on" to them. So the solution is to change those appellations in the keyboard file. So for example instead of the line "CTRL=29,99" change it to "CHARLIE=29,99" then for CTRL table, change it from "TABLE=CTRL" to "TABLE=CHARLIE". Make similar changes for the other key definitions and their corresponding tables. The names don't matter as long as they're the same in the definition and again in the table designation. I just use "CHARLIE" here because it starts with the same letter and will be easier to interpret whenever you look at your keyboard file in the future.

Best of luck!

--Timothy Olson
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>>> Bob Zimmerman  04/01/01 10:08AM >>>
Howdy all,

I have had a similar problem as Norm since the day I upgraded from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95. (I
use Xy 3.55). When I switch (alt-tab) from Xywrite to any windows program and then back again, the
Xywrite keyboard sometimes acts very strange, as if the alt, clt, or shift keys are stuck. My
solution has always been to press these keys several times, either separately or together, which
almost always clears the problem.

Sometimes, however, instead of acting like the alt, clt, or shift keys are stuck, the first key
press insists on being the letter "i". Very annoying.

I suspect the problem resides in a conflict between Xywrite and Windows as they fight over control
of the keyboard.

Unfortunately, because the problem occurs in such an inconsistent manner, I have never been able to
pin down its exact source. What makes things even harder is that my keyboard is so extensively
configured, making it an additional variable in the problem.

Like Norm, "I'd like to have a solution, but I'm willing to accept an
explanation, or a procedure for narrowing the problem down." (If someone--smarter at these
things than I am--wants to fiddle with the problem, I'd even email them my kbd file to play with.)

And like Jeff Peregrine, "I'm considering something besides Microsoft for my next OS" --as
long as I can get Xywrite running in that new environment.

Bob
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