Re: [Bug-XBoard] [bug #35000] Temporary previous position ('.' key, former Ctrl) conflicts with start of Type a move

can also change test
*buf < 32
in xoptions.c MoveTypeInProc
to only accept letter digit.

Vr, 9 december, 2011 5:49 am schreef Arun Persaud:
> Hi
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>
> On 12/06/2011 02:58 PM, Byrial Jensen wrote:
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>> URL:
>> <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?35000>
>> [...]
>> The Ctrl key was in earlier versions used to temporary show previous
>> position, but the function is now default bound to the "." key. However
>> there it conflicts with the "Type a move" function.
>>
>> When you press "." two things happen:
>> 1) The previous position is displayed
>> 2) The Type a move window pops up with a "."
>>
>>
>> When you release "." nothing happens. The shown position is not
>> restored.
>
> The bugreport also mentions the "-" key for iconify...
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> I had a quick look and also found shift-1 and shift-2 that could
> conflict with text-input (they send commands directly to chess engine 1 or
> 2).
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> I would suggest to move shift-[1,2] to ctrl-[1,2]. Perhaps we can move
> "." to "Ctrl+.".
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> Also, do we need the "-" key? I think "iconify" should be a task for the
> window manager and we shouldn't even be implementing this. So I would say,
> we remove the iconify function.
>
> cheers ARUN
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