Re: Oracle*Terminal and PC keys remapping

ak730_at_yfn.ysu.edu (Brian C. Shensky) writes:

:I don't know how many of you have played with Oracle Terminal, but I have
:a *strange* situation...Is there any way to remap the 101-key keyboard's
:numeric keypad keys, especially the /*-+ keys to the right of the NumLock
:key? How about using F11 and F12? Can the grey cursor movement keys be
:mapped separately from the keypad equivalents?
 

:Obviously, there must be *some* way to distinguish the /*-+ keypad keys
:from those on the qwerty keyboard, since I have programs which can
:differentiate between the two. Any ideas? All appreciated!

Well, I'm assuming you're using a PC with a terminal emulator (vt100, etc.), and logging into Oracle on a mini or mainframe. (In my case, Oracle 7 on a unix system.)

It appears that basically all the non-typewriter keyboard keys on a PC can be remapped with Oracle Terminal, providing that the Terminal Emulator being used on the PC can handle it. (Procomm Plus, for example, lets you remap just about all of them, but reserves the ALT combinations for itself.)

For example, we have remapped Procomm Plus's VT100 mode to reassign the numeric keypad back to a numeric keypad, and use the HOME-END-PGUP-PDGN- INSERT-DELETE and F1-12 groups in a mapping that attempts to minimize operator keystrokes for common functions in Oracle Forms.

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Michael Nolan, Sysop for the DBMS RoundTable on GEnie
nolan_at_notes.tssi.com, dbms_at_genie.geis.com
(posted from nolan_at_helios.unl.edu)