On 06/08/09 12:47, Michael Schuster wrote: > On 06/08/09 12:43, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> >> Michael Schuster wrote: >>> - the "+" button causes what I'd call the "select to here" behaviour, >>> here being the mouse cursor (seen in xterm and gvim). In thunderbird, >>> the text cursor just moves to where the mouse currently "sits". When I >>> move the mouse to a different window, this window is selected. >>> >>> Alan Coopersmith suggested I try this with xev, which I did; it seems >>> that where the regular keys produce KeyPress events immediately followed >>> by a KeyRelease event, I only see KeyRelease events for the keys that >>> are not working; *sometimes* these are preceeded by ButtonPress events. >> >> Sounds like you may have activated the MouseKeys feature in the >> accessibility >> options which makes your numpad emulate a mouse, such as shown at: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousekeys >> > > bingo.
apart from trying to switch back and forth, is there a way to find out that I did the above (ie an entry in a config file or a ticked box somewhere ...)? TIA Michael -- Michael Schuster http://blogs.sun.com/recursion Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion'
