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From: LUSGR@VAX1.CC.LEHIGH.EDU (STEVE ROSEMAN)
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Keypad reloading
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Date: 8 Aug 89 15:04:00 GMT
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>|>   p.s: Another suggestion for improvement : It would be nice if Ctrl-W
(scree
>n
>|>        refresh) also redefined the previously loaded  keypad definitions.
>|>        Very handy if one is switching between terminal server sessions for
>|>        example.
>|
>|I'm a bit wary of this one - C-W is meant to be fast, and a reload of the
>|keydefs would start slowing things down a bit... opinions?
>
>    I don't like it either..  Maybe DEFINE/KEY/RELOAD or something?
>
     
Well, I don't know about reloading key definitions, but the terminal
should be placed back in the right state anytime NEWS has lost control
(spawn, editing, etc.) Many times my keypad got switched out of
alternate mode and I exited and restarted NEWS just to get it back.
     
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Steve Roseman
Lehigh University Computing Center
LUSGR@VAX1.CC.Lehigh.EDU