[Lazarus] Text selection with numeric keypad on Linux

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Bernd Mueller schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> on Windows the text selection is possible via the numeric keypad in 
> conjunction with the Shift key. For example Shift-End  selects the text 
> from the current cursor position to the end of the line.
> 
> But this does not work on Linux (Ubuntu 8x, 10x in my case). The Lazarus 
> editor seems to ignore the key combination.

This may be a Linux problem. Traditionally the Shift key inverts NumLock 
for the numeric keypad. Not every Linux offers an option "Windows 
compatible Shift key behaviour".

What happens in any other editor, when you press Shift-End etc.?

DoDi