Messages in this thread |  | | From | Shawn Rutledge <> | Subject | Re: TTY switching - SysReq rather than Alt please? | Date | Wed, 22 May 1996 20:35:13 -0700 (MST) |
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> > It occurs to me that a better key binding for switching consoles, and for > > switching from X to text would be Alt-SysReq Function-key so that the > > Alt function keys could be used by programs. Any hope of this change being > > implemented? Or reasons why not? > > > > 1. On most notebooks/etc SysReq is a combination of Fn+PrtSc(or any other > key) - i.e. Alt-SysRq+F1 == Alt-Fn-SysRq-F1... Iv just tryed tu push it > 8-O That's not easy ;-)) > > 2. It seems not all keyboards have SysRq...
What was SysRq originally for? I have yet to see any software that makes any use of it.
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