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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 21:09:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: David <ddcc AT MIT DOT EDU>
To: Alex Malinovich <baggend AT howlermonkey DOT net>
cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Shell CAPS-lock settings
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Thanks for the fast reply. After I sent the question, I did some more
digging. It turns out that this problem is quite common, and appears not
only on ME but on Win 95 and Win 98. It DOES NOT happen on NT or Win 2000
(and so prolly not on XP either). The problem doesn't seem to be related
to the computer company. It turns out the problem has been
reported on and off since *1997* ("Caps lock problem and/or less can't
search," 29 May 1997; the post says he knew of the problem in Cygwin 17.1).

The problem only shows up on programs compiled with Cygwin (I just tested
MinGW, it's fine), and only on console programs.

My programming skills are mediocre, so I'm hoping someone more familiar
with Cygwin might have a fix. (I'm not sure if this is helpful, but someone
mentioned fhandler_console.cc.)

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Alex Malinovich wrote:

> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 19:46:20 -0500
> From: Alex Malinovich <baggend AT howlermonkey DOT net>
> To: 'David' <ddcc AT MIT DOT EDU>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: Shell CAPS-lock settings
>
> I'm typing this on a Dell Inspiron 8000 running Windows XP and my caps
> lock works fine. Though I'm afraid this isn't TERRIBLY helpful, my
> primary suggestion would be to get rid of ME ASAP and get 2K, XP, DOS
> 6.2, PC-DOS, Win 95, 98, 3.1, ANYTHING but ME.
>
> Barring that, however, does the problem ONLY manifest itself in Cygwin,
> or is it a problem in other Windows apps as well?
>
> -Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com] On Behalf Of David
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 6:35 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: Shell CAPS-lock settings
>
>
> On my computer (Dell Inspiron 8100, WIn ME), the Caps Lock also shifts
> the other punctuation keys incorrectly: "," become "<', ";" becomes ":",
> "[" becomes "{", etc. Does anyone have a fix yet, or any new info?
>
>
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