[gentoo-user] Arrow and edit keys?

[gentoo-user] Arrow and edit keys?

[Alan Grimes]

A number of my softwarez requires the use of the arrow keys and can't 
use the numpad in edit mode to work around it. So who do I need to kill 
to get arrow keys to work in x11 again?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Arrow and edit keys?

[Michael]

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On Saturday, 15 June 2024 19:20:26 BST Alan Grimes wrote:
> A number of my softwarez requires the use of the arrow keys and can't
> use the numpad in edit mode to work around it. So who do I need to kill
> to get arrow keys to work in x11 again?

I don't understand what is the "edit mode" you refer to.  There ought to be a 
NumLock key to enable/disable the numeric pad.  Also, your DE would have some 
config GUI for enabling/disabling the numlock.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Arrow and edit keys?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2024-06-15, Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, 15 June 2024 19:20:26 BST Alan Grimes wrote:
>> A number of my softwarez requires the use of the arrow keys and can't
>> use the numpad in edit mode to work around it. So who do I need to kill
>> to get arrow keys to work in x11 again?
>
> I don't understand what is the "edit mode" you refer to.  There
> ought to be a NumLock key to enable/disable the numeric pad.  Also,
> your DE would have some config GUI for enabling/disabling the
> numlock.

I don't read Mr. Grimes postings, but if the question is how to
control the numlock state. The Xorg config file option XkbOptions can
be used to turn numlock on/off. There's also the numlockx command-line
utility to do the same.

Most of the options described here can be modified to turn numlock off instead of on:

   https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Activating_numlock_on_bootup