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#245 Shift modifier often ignored

freedos12
wont-fix
nobody
None
5
2021-06-19
2019-08-18
mcandre
No

When typing commands in a top-level COMMAND.COM shell session, then the Shift key is often ignored, resulting in corrupt commands. This happens in VirtualBox, for example.

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  • mcandre

    mcandre - 2019-08-18

    Update: Looks like this only happens with rmenu, not top-level COMMAND.COM sessions.

     
  • Jim Hall

    Jim Hall - 2019-09-13

    can you give a link to rmenu? I'm not familiar with that one.

     
  • Robert Riebisch

    Robert Riebisch - 2020-01-15

    Andrew is talking about https://www.bttr-software.de/products/jhoffmann/#rmenu
    In August I got two mails from him in private, but I was unable to help.
    And I lost contact to Jürgen Hoffmann. :-(

     
  • Jim Hall

    Jim Hall - 2021-06-19
    • status: open --> wont-fix
     
  • Jim Hall

    Jim Hall - 2021-06-19

    Since the bug only happens with RMENU (package not installed with FreeDOS) not COMMAND.COM, this isn't something we can track here.

    For now, I've changed the bug to 'wont-fix' because the issue is in an outside program and Robert said he has lost contact with the bug reporter.

     
    • Robert Riebisch

      Robert Riebisch - 2021-06-19

      I lost contact to the author of RMENU Jürgen Hoffmann, not the bug reporter Andrew Pennebaker.

       
      • Jim Hall

        Jim Hall - 2021-06-19

        Should the bug be re-opened? It seemed to be a bug in RMENU, not FreeDOS. Or do we think it's a kernel issue?

         
        • Robert Riebisch

          Robert Riebisch - 2021-06-19

          No need to re-open, as Andrew didn't reply for more than a year.
          I think, the bug is either in RMENU or VirtualBox.

           
          • mcandre

            mcandre - 2021-06-19

            Yeah, understood. My interest in rmenu was as a telnet setup. But
            unfortunately, DOS predates multitasking so I am unable to execute remote
            commands.

            On Sat, Jun 19, 2021, 3:06 PM Robert Riebisch bttr@users.sourceforge.net
            wrote:

            No need to re-open, as Andrew didn't reply for more than a year.
            I think, the bug is either in RMENU or VirtualBox.


            Status: wont-fix
            Group: freedos12
            Created: Sun Aug 18, 2019 06:56 PM UTC by Andrew Pennebaker
            Last Updated: Sat Jun 19, 2021 04:02 PM UTC
            Owner: nobody

            When typing commands in a top-level COMMAND.COM shell session, then the
            Shift key is often ignored, resulting in corrupt commands. This happens in
            VirtualBox, for example.


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            • Robert Riebisch

              Robert Riebisch - 2021-06-19

              Maybe http://josh.com/tiny/ is, what you are looking for.

               
              • mcandre

                mcandre - 2021-06-19

                Not a bad idea. In my case, a VNC-like setup may be the only workable
                solution. Ha, I already do nested VM's when setting up some other Vagrant
                boxes.

                On Sat, Jun 19, 2021, 4:44 PM Robert Riebisch bttr@users.sourceforge.net
                wrote:

                Maybe http://josh.com/tiny/ is, what you are looking for.

                Status: wont-fix
                Group: freedos12
                Created: Sun Aug 18, 2019 06:56 PM UTC by Andrew Pennebaker
                Last Updated: Sat Jun 19, 2021 08:06 PM UTC
                Owner: nobody

                When typing commands in a top-level COMMAND.COM shell session, then the
                Shift key is often ignored, resulting in corrupt commands. This happens in
                VirtualBox, for example.


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