[NMLUG] numlock ON

[sbrowne at ix.netcom.com (Steve Browne)]

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 05:57:53 -0600, you wrote:

>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

>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... :)

Whatever, but why does it exist in the first place? There are already
arrows on the keyboard.

Steve
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