mrwittma@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Martin R. Wittmann) (03/08/89)
Brief: Are there standard keycodes for, e.g., [shift]-[right- arrow], and how do I get my PC to produce them? Please reply via e-mail! Wordy: I use both a Toshiba 1200 laptop and a PC XT. Some of my software promises to do special things if, for example, I press [shift]-[right- arrow]. However, on both machines, [shift]-[ANY-arrow] only returns the keycode for [ANY-arrow]. Similarly, pressing [ctrl]-[up or down arrow] produces NO keycode. This behavior is not perfectly consistent. For example, Kermit's "show key" function *does* generate *different* scan codes for shifted and unshifted arrow, but no code for ctrl-up/down_arrow. How can I get my keyboard(s) to produce these somewhat odd keycodes so that the software will perform its documented functions? I would like to be able to get essentially any combination of one of [ctrl|alt|shift] and [keypad special keys]. I will summarize to the net if this seems warranted.