> Rob Mahurin writes ("Re: Num lock disables alt- and ctrl-key shortcuts?"):[snip] > In X windows, the NumLock key toggles a modifier bit, just like ctrl > and alt do. So when numlock is toggles, every keystroke has another > modifier bit tacked on to it. Run 'xev' and hit keys in the window, > with and without numlock applied. You'll get different modifier > codes: [snip] > Some applications behave fairly intelligently and ignore this modifier > bit or use it intelligently (i.e. don't do anything different for most > keys, but for keypad ones do numbers, or somesuch). > > Staroffice was written intelligently in this respect and "does the > Right Thing". It appears that Realplayer does not. Thanks very much. So, it actually is a bug (in the sense of "programming error") in RealPlayer and Acrobat Reader, and I'll report it to RealMedia and Adobe respectively. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum <http://dm.net>
