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   Finglonger to Digital Man   
   Pressing the Q key   
   18 Feb 25 09:07:26   
   
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   MSGID: 53686.sync@1:103/705 2c1b0e31   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.20b-Win32 master/72dda3b43 Jan 03 2025 MSC 1916   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Linux master/4b0ef40fa Feb 16 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
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   NOTE: Synchronet msgeditor master/72dda3b43   
     Re: Pressing the Q key   
     By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Mon Feb 17 2025 03:49 pm   
      
    >   Re: Pressing the Q key   
    >   By: Nightfox to Digital man on Mon Feb 17 2025 03:16 pm   
    >    
    >  > Hi DM,   
    >    
    >  > I seem to remember reading somewhere (or discussing it on IRC?) that   
   when >  > user presses Q at a prompt, Synchronet interprets Q in a certain way   
   - is >  > that correct?   
    >    
    >  > A user brought up an issue while using DDMsgReader, which I'm able to   
    >  > reproduce - After responding to a personal email and saving it,   
   Synchrone >  > says "E-mail sent to .", then pauses for a key, showing   
   "[Hit a key >  > and if they press Q at that point, I'm returned to   
   DDMsgReader showing th >  > original message (as expected), but the header at   
   the top of the screen   
    >  > doesn't get re-drawn. I'm going to investigate further, but I was just   
    >  > curious if Synchronet interprets a "Q" keypress a certain way (when   
   press >  > at a pause prompt or any other prompt)?   
    >    
    > Yes, hitting 'Q' (or the equivalent for the current language) or Ctrl-C   
   whil > at a pause prompt will set the console abort flag (e.g. console.aborted   
   in JDoes this apply to the '1' key also?  I use that on my menus and notice   
   that itbehaves similar to 'Q' even when not specified.  Is there a way to   
   override   
   these global keys by any chance, or is that hard coded?   
      
   thanks!   
      
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