mikep@sco.COM (Mike Patnode) (07/04/90)
One of the largest problems we have run into is the lack of a standard
way to deal with the NumLock key. Currently, there are at least three
different ways to approach the problem: per application, modifying
XLookupString(), modifying the server. It would be very helpful if the
X Consortium could define how the NumLock key should be handled
and interpeted, as was done with Shift, Cntl and Caps Lock. (See Page
352 of the Purple/Red Book - Section 5 of the Protocol)
The number of 286/386/486 machines which are/will be running UNIX and X
within the next few years should justify such a definition.
A method similar to the Caps Lock key would be my recommendation.
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Mike Patnode The Santa Cruz Operation
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