KEYBOARD   [?|EXAEDIT|ALL|TEST]
KEYB

This command has two different functions. The first one is useful to change the reaction to the pressing of certain keys on the keyboard. Besides the keys with normal characters, there are others that are linked to certain functions. Depending on the hard- or software environment of exaEdit, these special keys may be allocated with different pieces of information. For this reason, there are keys that have no meaning for exaEdit. This is not only the present state of affairs, this situation may continue in the future. The keys with no meaning for exaEdit are simply ignored if they are hit. This is valid in the default setting

keyboard exaedit

But if

keyboard all

is valid, you cause a message when you hit one of these keys. The message explains the information exaEdit received from this key and it says that this information is ignored. However, it may happen that the message for the key disturbs your normal usage of exaEdit, for example, if you press one of these keys during your input. This is why the silent ignoring of these keys is part of the default setting.

With the question mark as parameter you can ask for the current setting of KEYBOARD. The response is either EXAEDIT or ALL.

The second function of the command KEYBOARD is the usage with the parameter

TEST

If you apply this parameter, exaEdit writes

Press key:

in the window and expects that you press exactly one key. If exaEdit answers this, the calling of KEYBOARD TEST is finished. If there is no reaction of exaEdit, you have to press the return key to receive the appropriate reaction of exaEdit.

In the section Keyboard Test you find a detailed explanation on the interpretation of the messages of exaEdit.