[Thinlinc-technical] multiple modifiers

[David Edmondson]

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I'm playing around with (err, 'evaluating') thinlinc 4.0 with a server
running on Debian Testing and clients on Debian Testing and Windows
7. In general things work very well and I'm impressed - good work!

My primary irritation at the moment is that I'm a heavy emacs user and
I'm having problems when I use multiple modifier keys simultaneously (a
very common activity with emacs).

Most commonly I notice the problem when I want to type M-<
(alt-shift-,) or M-> (alt-shift-.). The 'alt' part is lost, and I end
up inserting < or > into the relevant buffer.

I'm not able to reliably cause this to happen, though it feels as though
it is more likely when I hit shift slightly before alt. If I get into
the broken state (i.e. < or > is being inserted), then keep shift and
alt held down, nothing changes. Letting go and pressing again can
usually result in a working system (but my concentration is destroyed).

In a similar vein, I believe that I occasionally see stuck modifiers,
either control or alt.

These problems occur with both the Debian and Windows clients.

Is there any other experience of this phenomenon? It's ruining an
otherwise wonderful experience.

On an unrelated note, has Cendio considered producing a USB stick image
with TLCOS ready to run? It would make testing potential thin client
PCs very much simpler than requiring installation of the TLCOS from
CD/network.

Thanks for all of your good work.
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