Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!gacvx2.gac.edu!scott From: scott@erick.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Remapping | and \ on NextStations Message-ID: Date: 11 Feb 91 20:47:28 GMT References: Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Lines: 36 Nntp-Posting-Host: erick.gac.edu In-reply-to: Larry_Jacobs@TRANSARC.COM's message of 11 Feb 91 18:28:54 GMTLines: 36 In article Larry_Jacobs@TRANSARC.COM writes: One can map "1C" (the hex value of ctrl-\) to ctrl-\, ctrl-/ or any other key they so desire using the /NextDeveloper/Demos/Keyboard application. The problem with the workaround you mention are many, and subtle. Since posting my original, I've found out that the ctrl-\ problems are actually a bug somewhere in NeXT's keyboard definitions. This means that the problem might go away on it's own in the future . . . Anyhow, when a user first sits down, and needs to type ctrl-\, the most obvious thing to do is to type ctrl-\. When that doesn't work, the user is at a loss. Since Stuart (or Terminal) are the only programs I forsee ctrl-\ going to (not exactly an of-used character), this means that the user won't know who's problem it is. The most obvious solution isn't to define a new keymapping :-). So, I'll get bug reports (I have already) telling me that it doesn't work. Sigh. Since it's only a two-line fix, I'll fix it in Stuart. This won't cause problems with any other keymappings you might choose to use, yet will make the bug essentially non-existant for most users. Which is how it should be. BTW: I remember on old PC keyboard (it might still be there, I don't know nor care) that you could use an Alternate sequence combined with keypad keys to send a specific decimal keycode. Is there anything similar on the NeXT? I know that they're all availiable there, but sometimes I don't like to count on my fingers to figure out which ctrl-key will give me 0x1B, for instance . . . -- scott hess scott@gac.edu Independent NeXT Developer GAC Undergrad "Tried anarchy, once. Found it had too many constraints . . ." "Buy `Sweat 'n wit '2 Live Crew'`, a new weight loss program by Richard Simmons . . ."