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Chris Faylor wrote: > [...] > The Cygwin code uses standard Win32 API calls to get it's keystrokes. > I have no idea why there would be problems with arrow keys and I'm not > going to be much help debugging the problem. > > This will require a cygwin developer (Sergey or Corinna perhaps) who use > a non-US keyboard to isolate and fix the problem, if there is a problem. I can't. This doesn't happen on NT and I don't use 9X. 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). 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). Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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