On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Bambang P <bpranoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I launch a text editor and want to quit the editor by pressing > ALT-x, the character "x" is almost always echoed to the text file > being edited (some times it is not but most often it is). Same problem > with Alt-F etc. The problem is with the left ALT key. > > The right ALT key also have its own problem. In FreeDos edit program, > it works if there is no editing buffer open but if an editing buffer > is opened (by menu File-New or File-Edit) it doesn't work at all. > However, in MultiEdit editor the right ALT key works perfectly. > > Dosemu version is 1.4.0.7. Source is downloaded from git repositories > with latest change July 27,2012. The O/S is ubuntu 12.04. > It turns it is not dosemu fault but ubuntu 12.04 unity settings. This resolves the problem: 1. Install CompizConfig SettingsManager 2. Run CompizConfig SettingsManager 3. Click Ubuntu Unity Plugin in Desktop section 4. Notice the "Key to show the HUD" is set to <Alt> 5. Delete the key assignment or assign to other key Sorry for the noise! -- Bambang P http://bpranoto.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
