[Lazarus] Text selection with numeric keypad on Linux

Bernd Mueller mueller.b at gmx.net
Thu Dec 20 16:01:05 CET 2012


Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> hat am 20. Dezember 2012 um 15:02
> geschrieben:
>> 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.?
> 
> The standard Text Editor 'gedit' inserts a '1', same as Lazarus.

I have have "Shift with numeric keypad keys works as in MS Windows" 
enabled and gedit selects the whole line, in contrary to Lazarus, on my 
system.

Regards, Bernd.




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