hmm didn't get through last time, retrying... On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 05:15 am, civileme wrote: > On Saturday 08 February 2003 01:54 am, Will Styles wrote: > > hello. > > > > i like selecting text in kde apps using the > > keyboard(shift+arrow key) but i cannot use the > > numpad arrow keys because in Xfree86, > > shift+<numpad key> acts like numlock e.g.: > > > > shift+top_arrow = 8 > > shift+bottom_arrow = 2 > > shift+left_arrow = 4 > > shift+right_arrow = 6 > > > > so everytime i go to select text in kwrite, i > > start typing numbers instead :( > > > > is there a way of configuring the numpad to work > > like it does in windows? i.e.: > > > > arrow_key = movement > > shift+arrow_key = select text, not numbers > > *please*!!! > > > > numlock+arrow_key = numbers > > shift+numlock+arrow_key = numbers > > > > other than working supermount this is the last > > thing i need before i (and everyone else in my > > office) can move to linux, so please are there > > any suggestions? > > > hello civileme,
thankyou for your reply. > I just checked.... > > numlock comes up ON if you select that during > install. > > if you tap numlock once or select for it to be OFF > by default during > install.... number pad arrow keys move the cursor > and shift-numeric selects text > sounds good...will numlock+numeric give numbers as well (i need the keyboard to be as close to windows as possible for my co-workers)? do you know what config file i should edit (i don't want to reinstall a nicely-working 9.0 all over again) to get shift-numeric selecting text? > If you have numlock ON then shift plus numeric key > selects text, not produces numbers. > what i do not want is shift and numlock acting like shift and caps (cancelling each other out). shift+numeric regardless of numlock should select text. any ideas? > 9.0 has (mostly) working supermount. you need to > back off (not close) on the /mnt/cdrom directory in > Konqueror or it will not eject properly. That > is a KDE problem. > yes but konqueror is a popular browser/file manager. if it doesn't work, lmontel should patch konqueror in the RPMs :-) many thanks - Will
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