On 12/03/2011 08:18 AM, Tim wrote:
> I've never seen the point of that. On every non-laptop keyboard that
> I've seen (*), those special keys actually have dedicated keys right
> next to the numberpad (the page up and down, print screen, etc., keys).
> So turning off numlock gives you a second set
On 3 December 2011 04:57, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> On 12/02/2011 02:18 PM, Chris Bredesen wrote:
>> Why does GNOME warn me that numlock is on? I get warning for capslock;
>> you can unknowingly botch a password. But numlock? Are there keyboards
>> for which the non-numeric keys on the d-pad can typ
On 12/02/2011 02:18 PM, Chris Bredesen wrote:
> Why does GNOME warn me that numlock is on? I get warning for capslock;
> you can unknowingly botch a password. But numlock? Are there keyboards
> for which the non-numeric keys on the d-pad can type valid characters?
>
> Seems odd but I don't wa
On 12/02/2011 04:18 PM, Tim wrote:
> I've never seen the point of that. On every non-laptop keyboard that
> I've seen (*), those special keys actually have dedicated keys right
> next to the numberpad (the page up and down, print screen, etc., keys).
> So turning off numlock gives you a second set
On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 16:02 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On every non-laptop keyboard I've ever used, those keys are arrow
> keys, and the corner keys have special uses. Try turning off numlock
> when you're editing a document and see what they do; they're quite
> useful, in fact, and I prefer to work
On 12/02/2011 12:18 PM, Chris Bredesen wrote:
> Are there keyboards
> for which the non-numeric keys on the d-pad can type valid characters?
On every non-laptop keyboard I've ever used, those keys are arrow keys,
and the corner keys have special uses. Try turning off numlock when
you're editing
Why does GNOME warn me that numlock is on? I get warning for capslock;
you can unknowingly botch a password. But numlock? Are there keyboards
for which the non-numeric keys on the d-pad can type valid characters?
Seems odd but I don't want to file a bug until I understand why it is
the way i
