Has anyone figured out how to issue a Break keystroke with Mac Remote
Desktop?
"John Lockwood" wrote:
> This is a known issue in RDC 2.0b, as was pointed out to me it is even
> mentioned in the ReadMe.
>
> This does not negate the fact that it is utterly appalling that
something as
> simple as keyboard mapping is still wrong in programs like RDC after
> _YEARS_.
>
> Not only does RDC 2.0b have this problem (as did RDC 1.0.x), but so did
> VirtualPC, so does Netopia's Timbuktu (I re****ted it to them EIGHT YEARS
> AGO, and despite multiple upgrades to both the Mac and Windows versions
it
> is still not fixed), so did Parallels (not sure if the more recent
versions
> still suffer this), and so on.
>
> Boot Camp originally suffered this, but Apple FIXED it.
>
> VNC has never suffered this, and this is because unlike all the rest, it
was
> originally written in Cambridge England, and not by Americans who it
appears
> fail to recognise that there is life outside the USA (intelligent life
as
> well since we are Mac users after all).
>
> Note: because Apple Remote Desktop is based on VNC, when it controls a
PC it
> also works properly.
>
> Unfortunately, while Microsoft are aware of this problem, nothing gives
me
> any confidence that they will fix it, after all they have already had
years
> to do so and it does not affect Americans so why should they give a s**t
> about the rest of the world, I mean we only pay MORE for Windows etc.
than
> Americans so obviously we are totally unim****tant.
>
> I also note that Microsoft are definitely not going to address the
aspects
> of RDC that break established Mac behaviour for programs, for example
when
> you close the last/only session in RDC 2.0b it quits the program (that
might
> be the Windows way, it is not the Mac way).
>
> On 10/9/07 11:08, in article
> 1189418904.313187.222910@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "john.batty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <john.batty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > I have a UK keyboard and am connecting to Windows Terminal Server
> > running UK locale.
> > This is therefore completely standard for anyone running in the UK.
> >
> > Some of the keyboard keys do not map correctly - in particular there
> > appears to be no way to enter a backslash. Which is incredibly
> > annoying when you want to type a file path.
> >
> > I presume this is also a problem for anyone else with non-US
> > keyboards.
> >
> > There are posts going back several years complaining about this, and I
> > presumed it would be fixed in the next release. However, after
> > waiting 2 years for 2.0 beta I find that it has not been fixed.
> >
> > This really makes it a pain to use Remote Desktop outside the US.
> > Please please address this problem - it can't be hard to fix!
> >
>
>
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