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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: fssbzz on Sat, 01 January 2011, 01:22:20
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i turn on and off.
nothing happen
my scrolling still works fine.
even on or off.
but does it actually do?
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I think in DOS is used to actually stop the screen from scrolling. :P
But now it just provides an extra LED to make blink when you have mail or something. :P
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so in windows, it really does nothing other then give you some cool LED?
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Not that I know of. :3
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Does is launch Doom?
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Load up Excel and try it.
oh man, i see the difference now.
thanks!
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Now think if these programs had a decent editor, like Vi!
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It was intended to give a way of keeping the cursor positioned in the same place on the screen when pressing up/down arrow and having the screen scroll up/down a line rather than move the cursor. Seems though it's not so commonly used anymore in modern applications. Some applications treat the mouse scroll wheel in this same manner. I suppose most people found it not very useful and applications started ignoring it, especially after the mouse became standard on computers and one could just click on the up/down arrows on the scroll bar. I would often use it if I was reading a lengthy piece of text, where I might want to scroll down as I read, but sometimes scroll back up a line or two to check something I previously read. When doing this via only a keyboard it's a handy feature to have. Page up/down would work, but it's easier to lose your place for a moment compared to seeing just a single line scrolling.
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I think it's used in Linux to control the flow of text on a console.
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I think it's used in Linux to control the flow of text on a console.
Do you have a box handy to test if it has any effect in vi? Or tmux!?
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Do you have a box handy to test if it has any effect in vi? Or tmux!?
It only works in a text console, by stopping output.
It does not work in a X11 terminal emulation.
It was useful in times when output had been printed on endless paper.
Nowadays it is 100% anachronistic. I use that button as Caps Lock.
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It only works in a text console, by stopping output.
It does not work in a X11 terminal emulation.
It was useful in times when output had been printed on endless paper.
Nowadays it is 100% anachronistic. I use that button as Caps Lock.
Ah, ok. Don't think I have caps lock on Linux anymore
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My caps lock is where ESC usually lives. It's nice and out of the way, and I didn't have to give up another key to do it, since that's a dead key in the UNIX layout.
Also, emacs recognizes scroll lock, for what it's worth. At least in my departmental installation (RHEL).
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The legitimate uses have been mentioned.
But what it's really for is having a super handy on/off light for scripts you run.
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haahaa... This ^^^
Seriously, it's a great key for that!