[Virtualacorn-list] Mystery carriage returns

[Alan Adams]

In message <ceb.586351f5.3733134c at aol.com>
          ATimbrell at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 06/05/2009 16:21:32 GMT Daylight Time,
> paul.morrison1 at tesco.net writes:

<snip>
> A "stuck" key (i.e. one that autorepeats without being asked) happens  when
> a key down event is received, but there is no corresponding key up  event.

> You can often generate the key up even yourself by hiting (hammer
> optional) the key that's "stuck". This adds yet another key down  event,
> but also should generate the required key up event. Hopefully this
> will stop the auto repeattttttttt.

Are you using a wireless keyboard?

I ask because I use a wireless mouse, and that sometimes loses the 
button-up event, so a drag won't stop. It happen most often when the 
battery is about flat.

> This applied to both real and virtual machines, and also to a number  of
> non RISC OS computers.

> Aaron


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