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   JJ to Rod Pemberton   
   Re: a cursor you move with arrow keys   
   18 Jun 18 20:50:10   
   
   From: jj4public@nospicedham.vfemail.net   
      
   On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:11:15 -0400, Rod Pemberton wrote:   
   >   
   > They depend on which of the keyboard sets the keyboard can generate,   
   > and/or the set that the keyboard is currently programmed for if it   
   > supports multiple sets, and whether or not scancode translation is   
   > enabled.   
   >   
   > The scancode sets are XT (Set 1), AT (Set 2), PS/2 (Set 3), or USB.   
   > There is also a translation mode which translates scancodes to the XT   
   > set (Set 1).  This was done to maintain software compatibility with XT   
   > programs.  Some older AT keyboards can select scancodes for either XT   
   > (Set 1) or AT (Set 2) via a switch on the bottom, i.e., used with   
   > either computer.   
   [snip]   
      
   Oh, I see. I've got to play around with it. :)   
      
   > See Table 10.6 for the scancode sets:   
   > http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/scancodes-10.html#ss10.6   
   >   
   > The site also documents a bunch of other non-standard keyboards too:   
   > http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/scancodes.html   
      
   I actually have visited that site already. The problem is that there are   
   other research sources from different people, but all of them report   
   completely different scan codes for Meta, Hyper, and Super keys. Don't *nix   
   machines have standard?   
      
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