On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 12:08:25PM +1200, Juha Saarinen wrote:
> %-> Simple. num_lock is regarded as a modifier key on most setups - quite
> %-> similar to Shift, Ctrl, Alt and Meta. So, obviously, for X num_lock+KEY
> %-> is something different than simply KEY, just as Ctrl+KEY is something
> %-> different than KEY. I assume it's possible to tell X not to regard
> %-> num_lock as modifier (my guess would be xmodmap), but I've never
> %-> bothered to find out... :-}
If you want the keypad always on (like me), then in .Xmodmap:
keycode 79=7
keycode 80=8
keycode 81=9
keycode 83=4
keycode 84=5
keycode 85=6
keycode 87=1
keycode 88=2
keycode 89=3
keycode 90=0
keycode 91=period
keycode 86 = plus
!deactivates NumLock key
keycode 77 =
Then forget about numlock.
> AAAARRGGHH!!
>
> That is so counter-intuitive! NumLock should only modify the keys on the
> numeric keypad, not the main keyboard.
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