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numlock and twm [was Re: get leds on after bootup. Newbie #61]



On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 02:58:12AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:28:53AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote:
> > > To the point, why does debian switch off the numlock in the first
> > > place when it has been set on at bios level, and surely most people
> > > want it on anyway?
> > 
> 
>   note that numlock is generally considered a modifier in X (and is set
> up as modifier in debian) and can screw up your keyboard bindings
> (mostly in WM but for some other apps asd well)
> 
> 	erik

Not until I recently started to use GnuCash and needed NumLock, had I bothered 
to get my severly customized .twmrc to behave even under NumLock. As long as X
uses NumLock as a modifier, I'd say it is a good thing that it is not on by 
defualt.

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