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echo: os2prog
to: David Muir
from: Darin McBride
date: 1996-03-24 16:13:12
subject: Re: next .

PP> documented to get keystrokes  doesn't get all of them and doesn't
 PP> document that fact is very disturbing  (albeit all too familiar). 

 DM>     Well, in a roundabout way it is documented. Ctrl-c 
 DM> is interecpted by the 
 DM> system as a break, and ctrl-p is printscreen (if 
 DM> enabled), so the fact that 
 DM> these keystrokes are "absorbed" is not surprising.

Out of curiosity... how do you do the above?

        A) prevent Ctrl-C from being intercepted, and start it again (i.e.,
stop it for a critical part of the process, such as copying a backup over
the original)
        B) enable (and disable) ctrl-p to print the screen

Thanks... :-)


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