[9147] in Athena Bugs
Re: rsaix 7.3S: RS6000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Tue Mar 31 14:47:35 1992
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 92 14:47:13 -0500
From: "Jonathan I. Kamens" <jik@pit-manager.MIT.EDU>
To: jgshir@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [8999]
From: jgshir@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 92 00:52:44 EST
System name: w20-575-2
Type and version: POWER 7.3S
Display type: graygda
What were you trying to do?
Drag windows around the screen
What's wrong:
The wouldn't move - the cursor changed but still wouldn't move
What should have happened:
See above
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
The problem seams to be caused by having the num-lock key pressed on the
key board as when this is switched off the screens can be moved arround!
Thank you for reporting this, and I am sorry that it has taken us
so long to respond to it.
What you are describing is not actually a bug. The "num lock" key is
considered a modifier, just like the meta/alt, ctrl and shift keys.
Therefore, the command "meta-ctrl-right-button" and the command
"meta-ctrl-num-lock-right-button" are different and are treated
differently by the window manager.
This actually provides an increased level of functionality, since you
can intentionally make different window manager commands operate when
num lock is depressed.
Jonathan Kamens
IS/Athena Quality Assurance
