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RE: Locked CTRL key in Matlab using
- From: "David Alberg Holm" <davidh at drcmr dot dk>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:35:36 +0200
- Subject: RE: Locked CTRL key in Matlab using
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
>> Hi there
>>
>> After updating to the latest Cygwin (1.5.11)/Xfree (6.7.0.0-8) I am
>> having problems using matlab. Inside matlab the keys act as if CTRL
>> was pressed all the time. Outside matlab (shells, mozilla and so
>> forth) the keys work as expected.
>>
>> My keyboard is danish and I have tried using both the danish as well
>> as german keyboard layouts and the problem is the same. If I run Xwin
>> with the -kb switch I can use the keyboard in matlab but then the
>> keyboard is in US layout.
>>
>> In an older version of cygwin (1.5.5) and Xfree (4.3.0-1) everything
>> worked but I had problems with frequent crashes.
>>
>> I have tried searching the forums as well as google but could not find
>> a solution to my problem.
>What does xev report when you press the keys?
Xev reports the keys correctly
>Just a wild guess: Try disabling NumLock. Some programs think NumLock is a
normal modifier key like Ctrl or Alt.
It works with numlock disabled :-) Is there a way to "unmap" NumLock as a
modifier key?
Thanks!
David