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From: mrwittma@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Martin R. Wittmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: generating a unique Shift-Arrow keycode
Keywords: keycodes, shift-arrow, shift-page_up, etc.
Message-ID: <6879@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 7 Mar 89 22:51:58 GMT
Reply-To: mrwittma@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Martin R. Wittmann)
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Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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Brief:		Are there standard keycodes for, e.g., [shift]-[right-
		arrow], and how do I get my PC to produce them?
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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.