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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Keyboard problems with K-95
Date: 28 Sep 1998 16:16:58 GMT
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In article <XkOP1.213$1c3.4526137@news1.i1.net>,
Scott Nelson <sbnelson@i1.net> wrote:
: I am having a couple of problems with K-95, all dealing with the keyboard.
:
: My first problem is that control-C is often ignored (not sent) until I use
: ALT-X and then re-connect. (The same problem that Scott Sampson reported in
: an earlier posting).
:
: My second problem is that sometimes my keyboard seems to change to a
: European layout instead of my US keyboard layout during a session: Z and Y
: are reversed, colon is a shifted period (hard to use vi). I don't know how
: it changed, and I don't know how to fix it. It is only affects the
: particular window and luckily it happens only about once a week.
:
: My third problem is that when I switch windows (i.e., to some other program)
: and then switch back, my caps lock is toggled. I was typing in lowercase
: and then I am typing in uppercase. It is really annoying when a simple
: window comes up (e.g., "You have new mail") and I click ok (no typing, no
: pressing caps-lock key) the caps lock state changes. Often the caps lock
: light is not in sync with the caps lock state.
:
: Sorry to just post problems; I like kermit and K-95 in particular.
:
These are all Microsoft Windows bugs, not Kermit bugs. I would estimate
that approximately 50% of our K-95 development time goes into diagnosing,
reporting, and working around Microsoft bugs.
As noted in Item 1 of the BUGS.TXT file, the Ctrl-C problem is known to --
but not fixed by -- Microsoft.
The Caps Lock problem was reported to Microsoft long ago -- at least a year
-- but as far as I know there has not yet been a response. See BUGS.TXT
Items 224 and 388.
These and many other problems are attributable to Microsoft's half-finished
and neglected Windows 95 / 98 console mode; they do not occur in Windows NT,
and they will not happen in the full-GUI version of Kermit 95, which (yes)
we are still working on, and (no) I can't give a firm date for its release.
I have no idea how your keyboard layout could change out from under you
without your knowledge or consent. Certainly K-95 is not doing it.
- Frank