Re: Looking for the perfect 5250 client...

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's true.  I was doing Copy/Paste with Windows accelerator keys.  If I
don't use accelerator keys, but instead use the keyboard handler that I
wrote for the other control keys I could do what you describe and have
copy/paste work with Ctrl-V and Ctrl-C.   (I'm already doing this for all
of the other control keys, why didn't I think of it in conjunction with
the copy/paste functions?!)

But, in the unix version, ctrl-c is SysReq.  I'm not sure that I want the
default key sequences to vary between OSes.   But, I can certainly make
Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V an option that can be enabled.

On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Douglas Handy wrote:
>
> Seems to me the solution is to detect the difference between a press and
> release of Ctrl with no modifiers, vs getting other key down/up scan
> codes while Ctrl is depressed.
>
> IOW, for the Ctrl key, don't act on the key down event.  Set a flag and don't
> act until the key up event.  Then only perform the assigned "Ctrl" action when
> no other key events have occured in the interim.  That may have the side 
>effect
> of not allowing key repeats for Ctrl, but I can live without repeating Error
> Resets. :)  While repeating Field Exits have more potential, IMHO, I'd gladly
> trade that for the ability to define an action for the key when used alone,
> which does not occur when used as a modifier to other keys.
>
> Doug