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The Keypad Isn't Working!

People often accidentally turn on vt100 keypad emulation.  In this mode, escape sequences will be sent when the user types keypad keys.  Many programs simply ignore the codes, which means that nothing at all occurs, except possibly a beep.

A simple method of seeing if this is happening is to run the cat(1) command at the command-line.  Run `cat', and then type the top four keys on the numeric keypad.  If vt100 keypad emulation is on, you'll get:

^[OP^[OQ^[OR^[OS

Also, try depressing the Alternate key while typing the characters.  If this causes the normal characters to be typed, then you certainly have the Keypad preference set to YES.

Fix it in the Emulation pane of the Inspector panels (see Inspectors/Panes/Emulation).