Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Roeland Th. Jansen) | Subject | Re: TTY switching - SysReq rather than Alt please? | Date | 24 May 1996 19:40:01 -0000 |
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Shawn Rutledge (ecloud@goodnet.com) wrote: > > > 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...
my idea was pretty simple but never has been picked up :
use alt <###> where <333> is the number of the VC you want to switch to. The <###> is on the numpad. for the event that you need to send raw keys, escape first with alt <999> to switch VC switching off and atl <998> to switch it back on or so. A few system calls to have it done from a program and all is OK. Note that theer is an operating system that does it that way and I have received a written OK to use this way. however, I'm not somebody that simply can implement it. I know something about C but not too much.
IMHO the best way to switch VC's.
-- Truus, the choise of the usenet generation.
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