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On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 11:11:38PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >But there are more problems with keystrokes that are not specific to >cygwin but are nevertheless disturbing. Example vi: When I learnt >using vi, I learnt three commands which are very convenient: > > Ctrl + 6 change to alternative file > Ctrl + ^ ditto > Ctrl + ] goto tag under cursor > >All commands never worked with a vi under cygwin. AFAIK this is a >problem of native keyboards under win32. The key combinations >doesn't unfortunately generate any ascii characters. On the german >keyboard the circumflex is a dead key for national characters (though >not existing in german language), the brackets are only reached by >using the right Alt key (Alt Gr). Ok. This one I understand. There would probably be no problem adding this functionality. >Conclusion: The cursor problem of 9X and special key handlings >on native keyboards will result in problems for all times. >I would be glad, if there would be a solution to make a special key >mapping in cygwin that is independent of [no]tty setting and used OS. >This could be e.g. a .cygkey file in the home directory or something >comparable. >IMHO, this should be addressed in the future (b22). Yep. We could have some kind of capability which allowed you to define keys, similar to linux. That's definitely B22 functionality. -chris -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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