Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 19:14:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: djgpp v2.02 alpha 980101
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On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, DJ Delorie wrote:

> > We could always disable it by default (by making the QUIT key variable
> > be zero).
> 
> Would Ctrl-@ trigger it, then?

No, the INTR and QUIT keys are stored as scan code in the lower byte and 
keyboard shift mask in the higher byte.  Since no key has a scan code of 
zero, setting that variable to zero means effectively disabling the 
feature.

> > Would asking about this on c.o.m.d. (to reach wider audience) be a
> > good idea?
> 
> Yes.  We're looking for *dos* programs that use Ctrl-\ without being
> careful.

I will ask.

> Perhaps signal() and sigaction() could enable SIGQUIT the first time
> someone sets a handler for it?

I will see if that will do the trick.