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Why do the keyboard arrow keys move the DECwindows cursor?

April 26, 2017arrow cursor DECwindows keyboard keys

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Why do the keyboard arrow keys move the DECwindows cursor?

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Congratulations, you have just stumbled into “dead rodent” mode. This DECwindows environment-where the keyboard arrow keys move the mouse cursor and where the [SELECT], [PREV], and [NEXT] keys emulate the three mouse buttons-allows rudimentary system operations when the mouse is among the casualties.

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Congratulations, you have just stumbled into “dead rodent” mode. This DECwindows environment—where the keyboard arrow keys move the mouse cursor and where the [SELECT], [PREV], and [NEXT] keys emulate the three mouse buttons—allows rudimentary system operations when the mouse is among the casualties.