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Article #37044Re: Problems with Red Ryder
From: Ken Eddings
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1989 04:52
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1989 04:52
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In article <7118@spool.cs.wisc.edu> drew@cat45.CS.WISC.EDU (Shawn Drew) writes:
>I had considered buying Red Ryder, but have noticed something quite strange
>going on. If I ever hit Shift-Delete (happens quite often when typing in
>anything in all caps) I will be pulled out of my account and placed back
>in the CLI (command-line interpreter; allows me to telnet to my account).
>
>I've noticed this on two completely separate accounts on two completely
>separate machines on two completely different networks.
>
>Am I just missing something obvious (happens quite often) or is this one of
>those "feature not a bug" things?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>****** The opinions expressed in this article are my own ******
>********** Who else would want to claim them? ***********
> drew@cat18.cs.wisc.edu shawn@h8001.cae.wisc.edu
You've discovered what is known as the modem break key--so called under
the "Keyboard Mapping Preferences..." choice under the Customize menu.
This is assuming you have version 10.3 of Red Ryder.. Older versions should
be similar.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bgsuvax!eddings From: eddings@bgsuvax.UUCP (Ken Eddings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Problems with Red Ryder Message-ID: <3517@bgsuvax.UUCP> Date: 1 Feb 89 04:52:49 GMT References: <7118@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Reply-To: eddings@bgsuvax.UUCP (Ken Eddings) Distribution: usa Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 34