Re: tlug: num-lock

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Michael Casinghino wrote:

> I have been having a strange problem with fvwm2 (pine?), and it took me a
> little while to figure this out but...
> 
> When I have the num-lock on, the ctrl-arrow functions don't work--usually
> they scoll one page in the desktop.  (I have a 3x2 desktop, and if I'm in
> 1,2 and hit ctrl-left, I move to 1,1.)
> 
> Also, when I *don't* have the num-lock on, I can't cut and paste in pine. 
> So, when I want to cut from pine and move to another desktop page and
> paste, I must hit num-lock(on), hightlight region, hit num-lock(off),
> ctrl-arrow, middle-button.  I would like to fix this.
> 
> Why does this happen?  What does the num-lock do?

hm, afterstep doesn't do this (it's based on fvwm).  I wish it DID (want
to trade?)  when playing games & stuff under X, if the control key is the
fire button and the arrows move... you can see the problem.

What I suggest is for you to try a different fvwm-based window manager and
see if it's the wm's fault or if something else is wrong.  fvwm, fvwm95,
and afterstep would be good candidates (WindowMaker is completely
different code...) 

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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