Re: Puzzling lack of F8

[Judith Davidsen jdavidsen@xxxxxxxx]

In XY4, F8 is line-page view, no? Adding shift, ctrl, etc., produces
other views. Ctrl+F8 produces expanded view. I can't recall anything in
the documentation indicating that F8 is supposed to do anything else.

Judith Davidsen

Harry Binswanger wrote:
> 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