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[NMLUG] numlock ON
On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 23:24, Steve Browne wrote:
> I don't know about you guys (which is why I'm bringing it up), but I
> HATE numlock ON. It seems to be an artifact left over from the early
> days of Unix. Whenever numlock is inadvertently left ON, it screws up
> any number of keyboard sequences for me.
>
> These days normally the motherboard bios will toggle the numlock
> function. I recently rejected a Gigabyte motherboard because its bios
> had no numlock toggle. CAN YOU IMAGINE?
>
> In Linux you can turn numlock off on boot through subterfuges
> involving /etc/rc*.d, but I'd love to know, does ANYONE LIKE TO HAVE
> NUMLOCK ON? Or do you just rip the key out?
>
> Steve
> Stephen B. Browne
> sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
> "Ubi bene, ibi patria."
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Frankly, I *hate* num lock off! If I want arrow keys, I use the inverted
T keys. Ahhh, the num lock holy wars rears its ugly head again... :)
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