krawchuk@cpsc.UCalgary.ca (Bj Krawchuk) (05/27/91)
I recently upgraded my kermit to MS-Kermit 3.10. I use no terminal emulation (i used an extended zansi.sys for use with 50 line mode on an Olivetti M24/ATT 6300). Also I notice the problem while running GNU emacs on a Sun 4. The Problem: -Occasionally-, after pressing control P (to move up a line in gmacs) a bunch of ^Q characters are inserted into the emacs buffer and continue being inserted until I press ^Q. Very odd, I think. So does anyone have any idea what my problem is? Or is it a MS-kermit bug? I didn't have the problem with earlier versions of MS-kermit. Also, anyone have the address where I can send a bug report, if noone in this newsgroup can help??? Thanx Cheers -- Bj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brent J. Krawchuk Knowledge Sciences Laboratory krawchuk@cpsc.ucalgary.ca University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW (403) 281-5427 Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cheer up, the worst is yet to come. -- P.C. Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rjc@oghma.ocunix.on.ca (Robert J Carter) (05/28/91)
In article <KRAWCHUK.91May27101135@fsd.cpsc.UCalgary.ca> krawchuk@cpsc.UCalgary.ca (Bj Krawchuk) writes: > > > >The Problem: > -Occasionally-, after pressing control P (to move up a line > in gmacs) a bunch of ^Q characters are inserted into the > emacs buffer and continue being inserted until I press > ^Q. Very odd, I think. > >So does anyone have any idea what my problem is? I've used Olivetti's extensivly in the past, and I think I know what your problem is. The M21/M24 machines are notorious for bad keyboards - they have a tendency to wear out quickly with any sort of heavy use. In the past, I've found that as the machines wear, the keyboards don't debounce as quickly as they used to. Even though the key pops back up into place when released, there is still enough pressure for the auto repeat to kick in. Your new software is probably just a little quicker at reacting, and may be picking this up. Try this: Take apart your keyboard, and THOROUGHLY clean the keys affected (Ctrl, "P", and "Q") - see if the problem goes away.... -- |=================================================================| ttfn! | Robert J Carter Oghma Systems Ottawa, Ontario | | Phone: (613) 565-2840 | @ @ | Fax: (613) 565-2840 (Phone First) rjc@oghma.ocunix.on.ca | * * |=================================================================| \_____/
krawchuk@cpsc.UCalgary.ca (Bj Krawchuk) (05/28/91)
I wrote: ________ >The Problem: > -Occasionally-, after pressing control P (to move up a line > in gmacs) a bunch of ^Q characters are inserted into the > emacs buffer and continue being inserted until I press > ^Q. Very odd, I think. ^_____ this should read ^P (sorry, i just noticed that) (Robert J Carter) replied that my problem might be a sticky key. Well, I don't think so, considering that I never touch the ^Q key when they start to be inserted like crazy. It is only after touching ^P. Also, I recently cleaned my keyboard, and the problem still occurred after cleaning. Good try, but I doubt it. -- Bj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brent J. Krawchuk Knowledge Sciences Laboratory krawchuk@cpsc.ucalgary.ca University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW (403) 281-5427 Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cheer up, the worst is yet to come. -- P.C. Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------