As delivered startup.xpl points to a non-existent sample keyboard file (at least it's not in what I downloaded). Change it to xyscript-default.kbd. That worked for me!
On Mon, Aug 24, 2026, at 07:07, harrybinswanger wrote:
> Once it loads, go to the CMline and enter manually run startup.xpl . I> also am having to do that, probably because I don't have the syntax of
> the launch right.
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> Harry
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> On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:32:38 -0700, Fred Weiner wrote:
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>> Friends,
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>> Learning to run XS on MacOS 26 (Tahoe).
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>> What issue(s) might prevent ctrl- key combos from functioning, given that the sample.kbd has properly loaded via startup.xpl, and that sample.kbd has the appropriate key assignments, such as ctrl-o referring to 24=OPEN, etc.
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>> When pressed, these combinations produce no noticeable effect. The.
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>> Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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>> Fred Weiner
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