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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:01:25 +0100
From: Philippe Anel <xigh@free.fr>
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Russ Cox a =E9crit :

>>Therefore I'd like to:
>>1) add a control messages to /dev/consctl (ctlkeyon/ctlkeyoff) in port/=
devcons.c
>>2) modify pc/kbd.c to send KshiftDown, KshiftUp, ...  when ctlkeyon has
>>been sent to /dev/consctl
>>3) modify rio to handle those control messages (and to redirect read
>>control key events only to the right windows).
>>
>>Do you think it is the right way to patch vncv ?
>>   =20
>>
>
>No, it's not.
>
>You can send those key events by typing Alt Z C, Alt Z S, and Alt Z A
>(they are listed in /lib/keyboard) if you really need them.
>
>Control and Shift are already handled properly when you type a control
>or uppercase character, so the only time you really need them is to
>type Alt or to do fancy mouse clicks with keyboard modifiers.
>
> =20
>
I understand, but it doen't help.
I'd like to use the shift in combination with the arrow keys (for a vnc=20
server running under windows)
to select some text.

    Philippe

>Plan 9 handles Alt for itself, so that you can type Unicode characters
>into every program, not just ones that have been specially coded.
>
>Russ
>
>
> =20
>