[Info-vax] Ctrl-Ecf

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In article <N4Vpm.11379$U5.152003 at newsb.telia.net>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan-Erik_S=F6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>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...

I don't give a shit what goes in the stupid WEENDOZE/PeeCee realm.  A CTRL-E
is and has always been 0x05 AFAIAC whether the shift key is depressed or not.
If I have to shift (and I tried it) it still MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

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