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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: "Stuck" Ctrl key
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.214416.11220@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <724116323.AA00132@csource.oz.au>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 21:44:16 GMT
- Lines: 16
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- In article <724116323.AA00132@csource.oz.au> Paul.Thornett@f409.n711.z3.fidonet.org (Paul Thornett) writes:
- >I've never managed to establish a predictable set of circumstances that cause
- >this. But I do suspect XyWrite (a word processor, running under DOS, that
- >contains an almost completely soft keyboard). And, if I remember in time <g>,
- >pressing the left ALT, SHIFT and CTRL keys all at the same time seems to avoid
- >the problem (but obviously I can't prove this negative).
-
- There are two DOS Settings which let you restrict the ability of DOS
- programs to directly tamper with the keyboard. You may or may not
- find these useful in taming XyWrite.
-
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