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RE: [ECS] ECST bug? Martin Terry Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:05:15 -0700

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Dan, the function key thing sounds exactly like what happens to me as
well.... Next time it happens, try the control-shift to get out of it
and see if that works.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dan Carrington [SMTP:dc_grafx@microworks.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, September 29, 1998 3:07 PM
> To:	ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
> Subject:	Re: [ECS] ECST bug?
> 
> No, I have not had this exact problem.  I tried your Ctrl-Shift and
> things worked fine.  I tried because I have had an odd problem where
> at
> times the function keys enter numbers.  I have not been able to find
> out
> why.  The only way out for my problem has been a reboot.  Could be my
> keyboard is dying, but the Ctrl-Shift did not cause me any problems
> and
> I run ECST also.
> 
> Dan Carrington
> 
> 
> 
> Martin Terry wrote:
> > 
> > Mark,
> > 
> > I've had this problem with the last several versions of ECST...
> > 
> > If I hit control-shift, everything I type seems to go into some kind
> of
> > wierd "shift lock" state, especially the number keys at the top of
> the
> > keyboard (not the numeric keypad) which are normally NOT affected by
> > shift lock.
> > 
> > Hitting control-shift a second time cures this.
> > 
> > Anybody else able to reproduce this?

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