[Info-vax] OT: Keypad picture wanted

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-08-20 13:11:12 +0000, Dave Froble said:

> I've never considered how such worked, so I don't know what I'm writing 
> about (what else is new?) but I always considered it a function of the 
> device (keyboard) not the OS.  I figured that the keyboard sent 
> different characters, based on the keypad mode.
> 
> Never seemed important to know the inner workings ....

It's the difference between EDT working as you have long experienced, 
and EDT inserting numbers into your text file.

If you're writing an app using the numeric keypad (and I seldom 
recommend that now), your app will need to set the keypad mode 
appropriately.


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