Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!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: Where is Control-/? Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 18:31:36 GMT References: <1991Mar2.205755.6799@watmath.waterloo.edu> <1991Mar2.234239.21446@ni.umd.edu> Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Lines: 35 Nntp-Posting-Host: erick.gac.edu In-reply-to: louie@sayshell.umd.edu's message of 2 Mar 91 23:42:39 GMTLines: 35 In article <1991Mar2.234239.21446@ni.umd.edu> louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes: In article <1991Mar2.205755.6799@watmath.waterloo.edu> gjditchfield@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca (Glen Ditchfield) writes: > >How do I get Terminal to generate control-/ and control-\ on a NeXTstation? >The / and \ keys up on the numeric key pad don't seem to respond to the >Control modifier. This is a "feature" of the "new" and "improved" keyboards. I suggest that you call your NeXT salesperson and ask them to provide you with a keyboard that isn't deficient. Perhaps they can even swap your "new" keyboard for a "classic" keyboard that doesn't exhibit this problem. It's not a "feature" (nor misfeature) of the keyboard. Apparently, it's a bug in the NeXT internals - someone simply forgot to map it correctly. Presumably that will be fixed in NextStep2.1. [See! That's what you get for changing keyboards, guys! :-) ] As mentioned, you can use Keyboard to remap it to something else. Otherwise (and here's the promo) you can download Stuart2.11 from the archives. I placed a "fix" in it to internally remap ctrl-\ to be correct. Since not many other apps have a need for ctrl-\ (can't think of any besides terminal emulators), that's not really that bad of a solution. Of course, I didn't realize that ctrl-/ was broken - maybe because I didn't realize there is such an ASCII character. Or, did you mean that as ctrl-"the key with / on it and \ in the shifted position?" Later, -- scott hess scott@gac.edu Independent NeXT Developer GAC Undergrad "Tried anarchy, once. Found it had too many constraints . . ." "I smoke the nose Lucifer . . . Bannana, banna."