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Re: Problems with SET GOLD KEY

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From: David C. Pheanis
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 20:40
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In article <1992Nov8.053338.382@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu>, ldgiltne@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu (Lawrence Giltner) writes...
> 
>I read all the postings about the GOLD-KEY definitions and decided to
>try defining some.  I have all the Ctrl keys defined that were not
>"reserved" by TPU or VMS.  So I tried defining Ctrl-X as gold and got no
>result.  So I did a Set NoGold, undefined another key that I had defined
>(Ctrl-U RESTORE), and defined it as gold.  I picked Ctrl-U because it
>seemed that the default definition of Ctrl-X was Restore and I would
>learn to use it.
> 
>Now here is what is funny. Both Ctrl-X and Ctrl-U acted as gold keys.
>When I did a Set NoGold, both keys did the Erase To The Start Of Line.
>This happened even when I used the vanilla TPU. Are these two keys tied
>together somehow?

     VMS  returns  the  same  code  for  both  ^U and ^X.  You don't have a
problem with TPU; you just managed to pick the two  keys that VMS treats as
(almost) the same, so TPU sees the same key regardless  of  which  one  you
press.

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   |   David C. Pheanis                   Arizona State University    |
   |   pheanis@envmsa.eas.asu.edu         Tempe, Arizona 85287-5406   |
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