On Sun, 7 Jul 2024, at 01:56, David Wright wrote: > To answer the question in the rant, "why the f* does this button > exist"...
A more fundamental issue can be that some machines have an option in the BIOS that dictates whether keys (mostly but not exclusively the F1-F12 ones) which have alternate "Fn+" actions will either - by default issue the F1-F12 action, but need you to press "Fn" as well to get the other action - the opposite People who are not programmers typically want the brightness, volume, play, rewind etc actions most of the time and rarely if ever want F1-F12 codes. -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
