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- From: joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman)
- Subject: Re: 'Special' keys not working in DOS Emulator
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.004618.3889@wam.umd.edu>
- Keywords: keyboard, emulator, dos, linux
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- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 00:46:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec12.163416.10088@klaava.Helsinki.FI> wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
- >joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) writes:
- >>Normally, function keys etc. generate escape sequences. For the DOS
- >>emulator to work, it has to bypass the normal keybaord driver in the
- >>kernel, and get the keys directly.
- >
- >Why not make the DOS emulator convert the escape sequences to whatever
- >it is the DOS programs expect to be getting? This way, it might even
- >be possible to use the emulator from a terminal...
- >
-
- Hmm. Seems like a good idea to me. There are a few key combinations
- DOS distinguishes for which we don't have unique escape codes, and
- that would have to be dealt with. But certainly converting the escape
- codes back is a good idea.
-
- -Joel
- (joel@wam.umd.edu)
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