Index: cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.109
diff -u -p -r1.109 fhandler_console.cc
--- cygwin/fhandler_console.cc	2 Apr 2003 23:01:11 -0000	1.109
+++ cygwin/fhandler_console.cc	8 Apr 2003 18:48:35 -0000
@@ -321,13 +321,26 @@ fhandler_console::read (void *pv, size_t
 	      break;
 	    }
 
-	  if (!input_rec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown)
-	    continue;
-
 #define ich (input_rec.Event.KeyEvent.uChar.AsciiChar)
 #define wch (input_rec.Event.KeyEvent.uChar.UnicodeChar)
 #define ALT_PRESSED (LEFT_ALT_PRESSED | RIGHT_ALT_PRESSED)
 #define CTRL_PRESSED (LEFT_CTRL_PRESSED | RIGHT_CTRL_PRESSED)
+
+	  /* 
+	     Ignore key up events, except for left alt events with non-zero character
+	   */
+	  if (!input_rec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown &&
+	      /*
+		Event for left alt, with a non-zero character, comes from
+		"alt + numerics" key sequence.
+		e.g. <left-alt> 0233 => &eacute;
+	      */
+	      !(wch != 0 &&
+		// ?? experimentally determined on an XP system
+		virtual_key_code == VK_MENU &&
+		// left alt -- see http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/input/Scancode.asp
+		input_rec.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualScanCode == 0x38))
+	    continue;
 
 	  if (wch == 0 ||
 	      /* arrow/function keys */