NAME

enablenumlock, disablenumlock − enable or disable the numlock key

SYNOPSIS

enablenumlock

disablenumlock

AVAILABILITY

Available only on Sun 386i systems running a SunOS 4.0.x release or earlier.  Not a SunOS 4.1 release feature. 

DESCRIPTION

When you press the “Num Lock” key and then press one of the keys numbered R1 through R15 on the right keypad, the character on the upper part of the key is generated rather than the key’s function. 

In previous releases, “Num Lock” was enabled only in DOS windows and in some third-party UNIX applications.  Currently, “Num Lock” is enabled by default for the right keypad in all SunView windows. 

enablenumlock re-enables “Num Lock” for applications that expect it to be enabled. 

SEE ALSO

Sun386i User’s Guide

BUGS

The default enabling of the “Num Lock” key is incompatible with some applications with special work around code to enable the “Num Lock” key.  These applications require the use of disablenumlock.  DOS applications are not affected. 

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 6 October 1989