[Bug 11586] disable F1 key winhelp association

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11586





--- Comment #3 from Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com>  2008-02-14 11:48:28 ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> You are trained to use F1" in your Terminal-Emulator (Name / Version ?)
> as a shortcut for Cancel, and expect that every Linux Program (including Wine)
> should ignore the F1 key?
> 
> That is not possible for Wine.
> F1 must be handled the same way as all other keys:
> We must send it to the Windows Application.
> Most Windows Applications expect working Function Keys.
> 
> Or do you have an Application, that you want to use in Wine and where F1
> does not work as in Windows?
> Please give us a detailed Description of the Problem with the 
> Name, Version, Download-URL and AppDB-Entry for the Application.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> By by ... Detlef
> 

The application uses F1 to cancel (some windows programs use F1 for stuff other
than help), however wine currently hard codes F1 to winhelp (there was a patch
for this a while back, but I don't think it was accepted, IIRC).


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