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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: "Stuck" keys in OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.144826.8965@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 14:48:26 GMT
- References: <BALDWIN.92Aug28121209@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil> <TNT.92Sep2063157@netcom.com>
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- In article <TNT.92Sep2063157@netcom.com> tnt@netcom.com (Terry Turner) writes:
- >just another data point: my ps2/95 does this with the alt key but never
- >the shift or control keys.
-
- It happens when switching sessions via alt-esc, right? What happens
- is that the session gets the alt-down, when it's pressed, but the
- keyboard gets switched away before the alt-up signal is sent. It's a
- bug. The session should be send an alt-up upon switching out to
- prevent this.
-
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