Re: Getting CTRL-ALT-DEL to work (Semi- and puzzlingly SOLVED)
On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 11:18, Pigeon wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 09:23:21AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 21:14, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 16:11, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 13:19, Thomas Krennwallner wrote:
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun May 04, 2003 at 11:51:52AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > [snip]
[snip]
> > - Is it documented anywhere that only (L)CTRL-(L)ALT-DEL works?
>
> Dunno. I think it is expected behaviour from a big grown-up operating
> system. DOS treats left and right Alt the same, but Windoze does not,
> and Linux does not. I think you're supposed to work out that they're
> not necessarily the same because right Alt is actually labelled
> "AltGr". ISTR from the last time I looked at the raw codes coming out
> of the keyboard that left and right Ctrl are the same.
On this side of the pond, in Win2K, the 3FS does the same thing no
matter which ALT key you use.
> > - Can I make it so that either set of CTRL & ALT keys works on my
> > US English ?
>
> Yes, patch your keymap, see my previous post.
>
> > - Would that have a deleterious side-affect?
>
> I haven't noticed anything not working as a result. Is there anything
> that actually uses the different code from right Alt? It's all win for
> me.
Thanks.
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