[Info-vax] macOS Terminal app. Numeric keypad fails for EDT.

[Dave Froble]

On 9/20/2022 4:15 PM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 3:57:58 PM UTC-4, Steven Schweda wrote:
>>> Am I the only one in the newsgroup that uses a Mac to access an
>>> OpenVMS box?
>> I use XQuartz > Terminal (xterm). With a little xmodmap action, it
>> does what I need. I haven't noticed any new (xterm) trouble with
>> Monterey (12.5.1, on a Pro (Late 2013)) compared with Mojave (10.14.6 on
>> a Pro (Mid 2010)).
>
> It's beginning to look like the fault is with macOS 12.6. I was on 12.2.1, and I called Apple Care for something else that broke, and they said to update to the latest version.
>
> I am currently investigating things like Mouse Keys. The numbers do move the text cursor (not the mouse pointer) around in BBEdit, at least. Still working on it.
>
> This is why I hate updates and upgrades. Something always breaks, and it's usually or always something important.
>
> Note that the numeric keypad number keys don't work in other apps, like Mail and BBEdit, except to move the cursor around.
>
> OMG! It's working now! I must have stumbled upon the correct setting, but I'm not sure which one it is!
>
> Continuing . . .
>

Perhaps numeric keypad mode vs app keypad mode ??????

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