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ref: 5f9cf913a173084df7a02e6cf7b358d8bdcd42a8
parent: d0a5a262866e151de7955665bbfe2f83466ee4d2
author: cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de>
date: Fri Jul 5 15:43:48 EDT 2013

vnc(1): remove obsolete section about keyboard events (9front has /dev/kbd)

--- a/sys/man/1/vnc
+++ b/sys/man/1/vnc
@@ -194,41 +194,6 @@
 .B -v
 print verbose output to standard error.
 .PD
-.PP
-The VNC protocol represents keyboard input as
-key up/down events.
-Plan 9 does not expose the state of the
-Ctl and Shift keys except as it can be inferred
-from receipt of control or shifted characters.
-It does not expose the state of the Alt key at all,
-since the Alt key is used to compose Unicode characters
-(see
-.IR keyboard (6)).
-.I Vncv
-correctly handles the sending of control and shifted
-characters.
-To support systems that use key sequences like Alt-X
-(or worse, Alt-mouse-click), typing the Plan 9 compose
-sequences
-.B Alt
-.B Z
-.B A
-(for Alt), 
-.B Alt
-.B Z
-.B C
-(for Ctrl),
-and
-.B Alt
-.B Z
-.B S
-(for Shift)
-will send a ``key down'' message for
-the given key.
-A corresponding ``key up'' message
-will be sent after the next key is pressed,
-or when the sequence is retyped,
-whichever happens first.
 .SH SOURCE
 .B /sys/src/cmd/vnc
 .SH "SEE ALSO
--