Pause / Break
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I read that as Theoretical! :)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Theoretical!
same key, different use.... [pause] for thought.... ;P
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You can only use that key when you're working in an office. When you're about to go on a break, you hit that key. When you come back, you hit it again. One of your corporate servers monitors these keystrokes and is used to verify your activity at work.
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Tim Schwallie wrote:
Does anybody know what its for?
Legacy from the days of DOS. Pause would pause the output to the console window (and still does) and Break would be like a Ctrl-C, which it still does in a console window. Marc
I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio. :)
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I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio. :)
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio.
Ah! I knew I used it for something! Me too. Marc
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Sadly I never learned the Dvorak layout and it hasn't really caught on leaving the improbable situation that many millions of people are typing on a layout designed *specifically* with the sole purpose of slowing down the typist. Hopefully the keyboard is destined for the dustbin of history sooner than later.
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I bought myself a DAS Keyboard. Its "innovative" character layout allows me to use qwerty or dvorak with equal ease. I occasionally have a go at learning dvorak in ktouch but i can't say i've got anywhere with it yet.
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I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio. :)
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I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio. :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
Don't let this become too well known, but occasionally I use Ctrl-Break to break into a debug session of some access databases. Oddly, this is also a precursor to me banging my head against a wall. :)
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In my experience explorer.exe is quite capable of pausing itself without the need for any user intervention.
Fair point :laugh: Regards, --Perspx
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
try the following: [Win]+[R] cmd dir \ /s hit [Pause] to.. (wait for it) pause. Hit any key to continue. [Win]+[Pause] = System properties. IIRC [Ctrl]+[Break] would issue an interrupt that could be handled by your application (as a user request to "stop, please"). OTOH, [Ctrl]+[C] would only be handled in the standard I/O routines. I am not sure how this translates to the NT console, tough. The behavior still seems different between the two at times.
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You and dvorak would have made great friends. :)
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John C ... Dvorak? :omg:
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Different Dvorak than the PC mag columnist.
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio.
Ah! I knew I used it for something! Me too. Marc
Dang...VS uses it. I wonder why my Windows Media Player doesn't use it.
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
Hit it twice and kvm to the next machine...
MrPlankton
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
You know how there are way less BSOD's in the latest versions of Windows? It's because the Break key has been disabled. Took 'em a while to find that one, but the managed to sort out why things were breaking in the end. Hitting Alt+Break/Pause will enable the Pause function which was used to pause the computer's active processes and allow the PC's coal chute to be refilled. It's not been in use in a long, long time.
cheers, Chris Maunder
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You know how there are way less BSOD's in the latest versions of Windows? It's because the Break key has been disabled. Took 'em a while to find that one, but the managed to sort out why things were breaking in the end. Hitting Alt+Break/Pause will enable the Pause function which was used to pause the computer's active processes and allow the PC's coal chute to be refilled. It's not been in use in a long, long time.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
When they're at it, they should disable all the keys and we can have a BSOD-free Windows(R)! ;-)
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As the others have said it's a holdover from the olden days. I remapped it to toggle number pad mode on my laptop-like keyboard because I've remapped the numlock key to be the Home key. Actually I've remapped pretty much all the control type keys in a very geeky manner based on analyzing which keys I use most and where they are on the keyboard. When someone else tries to use my keyboard they tend to give up in frustration pretty quickly.
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toxcct wrote:
Win+Pause opens the "System Properties" dialog
mmm... intuitive!
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
I suppose the more interesting question is.. who's used it for its original purpose? I have. Golly gee, those were the days. Not. Oops.. no I haven't. I forgot the original use was for teletypes. I came onto the scene after it had been already remapped for use with modems -- pressing it would cause the sending modem to switch baud rates so you could see the characters instead of gibberish.
patbob
modified on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:51 AM
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Tim Schwallie wrote:
Does anybody know what its for?
Legacy from the days of DOS. Pause would pause the output to the console window (and still does) and Break would be like a Ctrl-C, which it still does in a console window. Marc