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From: teexand@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Andrew Dawson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Kbshift() during startup
Message-ID: <1990Nov14.152743.8373@ioe.lon.ac.uk>
Date: 14 Nov 90 15:27:43 GMT
Reply-To: teexand@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Andrew Dawson)
Organization: Institute of Education University of London
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Since upgrading from TOS 1.0 to 1.4 I've been having some problems with
programs in the \AUTO folder. Specifically, I have a couple of programs in
there that react to modifier keys (Shift, Control, etc) being held down.
Under 1.0, I'd simply hold down the key immediately after turning on the power,
and the programs would respond accordingly. Under 1.4 this doesn't seem to work.
I wrote a short test program and it seems that Kbshift() isn't telling the
truth. Further investigation suggests that it does sometimes work if you press
the modifier key shortly after turning on. This is difficult to time correctly
as the program is the first one in the \AUTO folder. Has anyone else had
similar experiences? Any advice?

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