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From: Font <font.ReMoVeThIsPaRt@mcs.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: syscons: extra character generated from keyboard
Date: 2 Jun 1997 23:45:32 -0500
Organization: MCSNet Services
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Under 2.2.2, I am using a syscons keymap which changes caps lock to
left control (works fine) and accent grave to escape. It's the latter
which gives me trouble. In fact, both the accent grave and the escape
keys are mapped the same way:
001 esc '~' '`' nop esc '~' '`' nop O
041 esc '~' '`' nop esc '~' '`' nop O
So, pressing the accent grave key gives me escape char, and pressing
control key and accent grave key gives me accent grave/backtick/
backquote char.
However, when I am typing quickly, I find that when typing tilde using
the normal tilde key, I type shift, tilde, release shift, release
tilde. This causes two characters to be generated: tilde and escape.
That is to say, when the shift key is released, an extra character is
generated.
If I repeat these actions with the actual escape key (shift, escape,
release shift, release escape), only one character is generated:
tilde. This seems the proper behavior.
Everything works normally if I release the accent grave or escape key
before releasing the shift key.
Why should these two keyboard keys behave differently, and is there a
way I can get the accent grave key to behave just like the escape key
as described in the keymap example above? I'm tired of getting that
extra escape character in my shell!
I know, this is a pretty obscure-looking potential bug. I guess I'm
picky about keyboard mappings. NeXTUSA, anyone? :-)
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