I use setedit almost exclusively and R-Alt is working correctly with an
open file.
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:48 AM, John Hupp <free...@prpcompany.com> wrote:
> I have argued much the same, but I have a recollection that the EDIT
> behavior is by design, with R-Alt (aka AltGr) functioning as a dead key
> to provide support for the Euro character, etc.
>
> There is an old, unattended bug report on the issue, though it may need
> rounding out, and in any case some will argue that it's not a bug (which
> may be why it was unattended): https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/bugs/96/
>
> I do appreciate the measure of support for my revised understanding --
> that this behavior is due to program design (hopefully rare among
> programs) rather than some feature of FreeDOS.
>
> On 3/8/2016 9:46 AM, Bret Johnson wrote:
> > With a US keyboard layout, R-Alt and L-Alt are supposed to work exactly
> the same way in the vast majority of programs, including EDIT.
> >
> > I did a couple of experiments, and in FD-EDIT it doesn't work that way.
> It's a bug in the way the program is written. MS-EDIT works just fine. I
> haven't looked at the source code for EDIT, but this should be relatively
> easy to patch.
>
>
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