Re: [9fans] OT: tabs in Windoze

[Andrew Simmons <andrew@mbmnz.co.nz>]

> So I'm using drawterm to access Plan 9 from Windoze.
> Often I am able to use the "tab" key normally, but
> sometimes 'doze decides that when I hit "tab" I really
> want to switch windows (which is _never_ what I want).
> ie a different window gets pulled to the foreground.
>
> Does anyone know what the cause of this perverted
> behaviour is, and how to get rid of it?
>

Impossible to say given the information presented, pretty much as it would
be if I posted a query saying "Plan 9 doesn't work on my system, does anyone
know why?".

I've never seen this behaviour myself. Does it only happen when you are
using drawterm, or does it happen when, which is admittedly unlikely, you
are using a Windows machine for some other purpose? Does it affect all
running applications randomly, or only the same set of applications? Is the
problem repeatable on other machines running the same version of Windows?
And what version of Windows would that be? (95, 98, NT 3.5, NT 4, 2000, XP,
Windows Does Dallas etc etc?). What service pack?

Speaking of service packs, I think Microsoft have just broken new ground
with XP by introducing the concept of a beta version of a service pack.