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Re: Handling of shift+return



On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Ronald J Kimball wrote:

> My ISP recently did an OS upgrade, and since then I've noticed a change in
> behavior.
>
> If I hold down shift and press return, mutt does not treat it as a normal
> return.  Previously on this system, mutt treated shift+return and return
> the same.
>
> This is inconvenient when I want to change to my inbox, because I
> habitually type 'c shift+1 shift+return', hitting return before I release
> the shift key.  Instead of changing to my inbox, I end up with: 'Open
> mailbox: !OM' displayed.

that looks like the numeric-keypad application-mode "Enter", rather than
any "return" key.  What type of program are you using?  (And what was
$TERM set to).

> I've also tested this on a different system, and shift+return is treated
> the same as return there.

;-)

>   System: IRIX 6.5 (IP32) [using slang 10404]

;-)

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