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   Digital Man to Finglonger   
   Pressing the Q key   
   18 Feb 25 23:43:34   
   
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     Re: Pressing the Q key   
     By: Finglonger to Digital Man on Tue Feb 18 2025 09:07 am   
      
    >   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?   
      
   Nightfox was asking about the Pause ([Hit a key] prompt) - that should have no   
   effect on any of your menus.   
      
   The keys for 'Q'uit and 'N'o are set in the text.dat/text.ini files, so   
   they're configurable.   
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