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Arrow key bindings and numlock


Hi,

Not entirely sure if this is a Cyg-XF86 concern, or an fvwm2-cyg
concern, but the research I've done so far points to problems with XF86
and NumLock.

Under XF86, I've noticed that fvwm2 doesn't correctly receive Ctl-Arrow
keys (such as Ctl-Left) if NumLock is on. For example I have defined
config lines like:
Key Up          A       C       Scroll 0 -100
and so forth. With NumLock on, X apps seem to recieve corrupted escape
strings, because I'll see ABCD's appear in an active xterm when I try
to do this. I found out that turning NumLock off made those bindings
work.

Shift bindings seem to work OK. I've seen problems in apps with meta
(alt) bindings which is probably related to the same thing.

I've seen lots of comments about at least two XF86 bugs that breaks key
bindings when numlock is on. I like numlock. Is there a happy medium?

TIA,
Kdt

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