[Info-vax] Ctrl-Ecf

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <4aa7f16e$0$83243$e4fe514c at news.xs4all.nl>, Robin Schipper <"thespriteman <remove_this> writes:
>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG schreef:
>>> WTF?
>>>
>>> [Read only - use Ctrl-Ecf for console write access.]
>>>
>>> Ctrl-E and [c] and [f]?
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>> <ctrl>+<e> <c> <f>
>>
>> no capitals,
>>
>> Good luck.
> 
> OK.  That doesn't jive with  CTRL-e c f.  Regardless, it doesn't
> work.
> 
> CTRL is a modifier key AFAIAC.  It doesn't typically function as a key
> value by itself.  According to the console help:
> 
> | Executing CO command from the main MP menu provides a mirrored version of the
> | OS console.  All users connected to the console see the same output. Verify
> | that all mirrored consoles are of the same terminal type for proper
> | operation. Only one of the mirrored users at a time has write access to the
> | console. Any user can get write access to the console, by typing CTRL-e c f
> | (not CTRL-e CTRL-c CTRL-f).  Write access is retained until another user 
> | requests console write access.
> 
> I read that as: CTRL-E, lowercase letter key [c], followed by lowercase
> letter key [f].
> 
> No matter what I enter, I get:
> 
>  [Read only - use Ctrl-Ecf for console write access.]
> 
> returned.

There is no cntl-upperacese-E. <shift>e = "E". <cntl> is
just another key to shift (zeroing a few bits in the ASCII)
to make the ASCII control character "ENQ". There is no normal
way to enter <cntl>E...