Re: Puzzling lack of F8

[Patrick Cox pdcox@xxxxxxxx]

I'm probably unqualified even to hazard a guess,
not being familiar with many of the tests that you
performed. However, I have experienced a siimilar
problem -- keys simply not responding. In each
case, I found that I had modified, in the keyboard
file, the previous line. I could never determine that
I had done anything wrong in those modifications
but I've come to understand that some keys can't
be changed in some ways without effecting the
next line of the printer file.

When I changed that key definition back, or to
something else, the problem always went away.
Sorry that I can't remembr the specifics.



-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Binswanger 
Sent: Jun 18, 2005 4:36 PM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Puzzling lack of F8

Here's a puzzler: in Xy and only in Xy, F8 puts out nothing (it should put
out the MoVe function). It's not the keyboard: I have tried other kbds, and
F8 works as normal in non-Xy programs.

I, of course, ran IDKEY.PM, and F8 isn't recognized at all, but all the
other Function keys are.

Here's the real surprise: in Xy, Ctrl-F8 works normally! IDKEY recognizes
it, and it performs the MV function. Same for some but not all the other
modified states of F8. Ctrl, Alt, and Shift are all recognized by IDKEY.PM.
Table = Caps and Table = Meta (the numpad Enter key as a modifer) aren't
recognized (hitting them doesn't produce any response).

I've tried changing the context of 66, but no dice. Won't even put out "x".

Oh-oh, I just found that Meta-F5 isn't recongized either (but all the other
states of F5 are!)

This all began when I went to XP. Just for kicks, here's my definitions stanza:
;    DEFINITIONS
keys=104
CTRLX=29,99
ALTX=56,98
META=104
SHIFT=42,54,n
KAPS=58,T:c



Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx