Re: nethack popularity contest - number_pad?

[Mark Brown <broonie@sirena.org.uk>]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 01:15:00AM -0700, Joshua Kwan wrote:

> Well, one problem I see with that immediately is that 'k' when
> number_pad is enabled means kick; if number_pad is off it means go up.
> Of course, we could disable k for kick and use ^D; but in the end we
> might end up with an awkward hybrid of number_pad and !number_pad.

My recollection is that that is exactly what used to happen - enabling
support for the number pad had no effect at all on the standard motion
keys.  The effect of number_pad was then extended.  I could be
misremembering, though.

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