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- From: bennett@erich.triumf.ca (P.Bennett)
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- Subject: Re: unix shift keys
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 22:38 PST
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- In article <316C3918.621D@ee.mcgill.ca>, Hani Saliba <hsaliba@ee.mcgill.ca> writes...
- >hello,
- >
- >I was wondering if anybody knew of a method to check if any of SHIFT
- >keys are pressed at a certain moment, in UNIX. I know how to do it in
- >dos but not in Unix..
-
- This depends on how the keyboard is read by the computer - it may be possible
- on some systems, but if you are using a remote terminal (such as a VT100) it
- most probably is not.
-
- Ask in a Unix-specific group, or better, if you can, in a group dealing with
- the specific hardware you are using.
-
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