Re: [Clonezilla-live] Is it a good idea to turn on Numlock by default ?

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Konstantin,
Thanks for your feedback.
Anybody else in the mailing list objects this idea ?
If not, we will keep Numlock on by default.
Thanks.

Steven.

Konstantin Svist wrote:
> Steven Shiau wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> In the latest stable Clonezilla live (1.0.10-8), the Numlock is turned
>> on by default. However, maybe it's not a good idea.
>> For a normal desktop PC, the keyboard comes with extra number pad.
>> However, in laptop, this is not true. Therefore if numlock is on, people
>> will confuse when typing alphabets in laptop keyboard.
>> Therefore, how do you all think about this ?
>> Is it a good idea to turn on Numlock by default ?
>>
>> Steven.
>>   
> 
> Most modern laptops have a "numpad" button in addition to "numlock".
> Numpad button changes a part of the keyboard into a numpad - and numlock
> switches between the numpad modes. In other words, enabling numlock is
> perfectly safe.
> 
> I'm not sure about older laptops, though.
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