[Info-vax] Keypad state in various VMS utilities

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-10-04 kl. 19:45, skrev Stephen Hoffman:
> On 2020-10-04 08:08:28 +0000, Jan-Erik Søderholm said:
> 
>> Anyway, when I have used EDT and then switch back to som PC application, 
>> I usually have to press "NumLock" to get the digits back on the keypad. 
>> I'm not sure if that this is a similar issue that is described here...
> 
> That would appear to be a bug in the terminal emulator app, or a bug in the 
> host operating system app switching.
> That the emulator app did not restore the keyboard state at 
> loss-of-keyboard-focus. Or the operating system.
> EDT cannot change the Microsoft Windows keyboard state, as EDT knows 
> nothing of managing Windows keyboards when a Windows app loses focus.
> That keyboard transition is necessarily performed by the emulator app.
> Not by any app operating within the terminal emulator session, EDT or 
> otherwise.
> Or that keyboard transition is probably best performed by the operating 
> system.
> Another Windows app mucking with keyboard state would react similarly, if 
> that Windows app didn't restore keyboard state at loss-of-keyboard-focus.
> Restoring keyboard state at loss-of-focus does not seem to be performed by 
> Microsoft Windows, which is mildly surprising.
> 

Yes, I thought that it was emulator related. And sorry, I forgot the envir.

Win10 using Putty in a remote Citrix "remote desktop", if it matters.

Probably not the same issue that was mentioned here...
And it is a very minor issue.