Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 12:41:59 -0600 (CST) From: "Mike Pritchard" <mpp@mpp.minn.net> To: angio@aros.net (Dave Andersen) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man page fix for kbdcontrol Message-ID: <199602141841.MAA03544@mpp.minn.net> In-Reply-To: <199602140829.BAA04612@terra.aros.net> from "Dave Andersen" at Feb 14, 96 01:29:04 am
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Dave Andersen wrote:
>
>
> This diff has two things.. fixes two typos in the kbdcontrol(1) man page
> ("argument may be one of normal which set" (instead of sets)) and puts in
> a blurb that it accepts \n or \t as an argument to -f.
>
> (That is, provided the changes to kbdcontrol go over well).
>
> Why does the 1994 date on that file make me feel like I'm the only one
> who's running a non-X freebsd machine at home?
I rarely run X myself, so you aren't alone. I'll gladly go install
your patch, but first explain to me how you get "\n" or "\t"
to work as arguments to -f. Every attempt I make to use those
escape sequences simply generates the string "\n" back at me.
E.g.
kbdcontrol -f 1 "ls\n"
(hit F1)
ls\n
The "ls\n" is exactly what is displayed on my screen.
Looking at kbdcontrol.c, it doesn't look like the set_functionkey
routine is doing anything special with the string, or
looking for things like "\n" or "\t".
--
Mike Pritchard
mpp@minn.net
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