Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 13:10:21 +0200 From: "Robbert J. van Herksen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Key commands and impedance
Thanks 4 ur explanation, this one was easy for me, heh heh. Yes, I'm familiar with different scancodes for equally labeled keys. I have (somewhere) a small utility that shows the scancode if you press a key. Still, I want to see what happens with the screen if I press the 'magic' keycombination. I will do a test now, connecting an external keyboard to my laptop (no, not the Libby, coz i can't connect an external keyboard, unfortunately), and see what happens. Cheers Robbert > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 01:57 > To: Libretto > Subject: RE: Key commands and impedance > > > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 07:50:58 +0800 > From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Key commands and impedance > > > >Yoo there, > >First of all, I assume you are talking here about the Libretto 70CT?? > Actually, I'm talking based on my (limited) experience with the > 50CT but I'm assuming the keyboard is identical to at least the > 70CT. I'm also talking about the numeric keypad overlay (the keys > that would map to the number pad on a full sized keyboard). Thats > because the numbers on the numeric keypad, whilst often producing > the same results as the numbers across the top of the keyboard, > actually transmit different scancodes. Ditto for the + and - keys > - most programs treat them as the same as the keys next to > BACKSPACE but in fact the computer does register them as > different keys and some programs (such as the resolution switcher > in X) only work with the numeric keypad. As a result, even on a > full sized keyboard, pressing Ctrl-Alt-Shift-= (ie. using the + > key on the shifted = next to BACKSPACE) won't do a thing, you > have to press Ctrl-Alt-+ with the + being the key between the - > and ENTER keys on the far right of the keyboard. In the > Libretto's case, THIS + key is mapped to Fn-; (since obviously it > doesn't have ROOM for the numeric keypad to have keys of its own). Phew! > > Does that help? :-) > > - Raymond > > P.S. I dunno about UK keyboards but every US layout QWERTY > keyboard I've ever seen also has + and = on the same key. > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
