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Re: Ctrl+Ret in Terminals



David writes:
> The clarification doesn't seem right to me.  If, in my console 
> keymap file, I change

> keycode 28 = Return Return Return Return Control_m Control_m ... ...
                                         ^^^^^^^^^
> to

> keycode 28 = Return Return Return Return m Control_m ... ...
                                         ^
> I get the letter 'm' when I press Ctrl+Return.  I think one can have 
> more or less any key with any combination of modifiers interpreted 
> by the terminal as one likes.  Or have I missed the point?

Well, of course you can program your software terminal emulator to return
anything you want for any keycode from the pc keyboard it is attached to.
May may make it kind of hard to use for some purposes, though, and you
can't do it to your VT52 without a soldering iron.
-- 
John Hasler


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