Re: keyboard mapping PF1, 2, 3, 4

In article <DBIKLE.93Sep21165457_at_alumni.cco.caltech.edu> dbikle_at_alumni.cco.caltech.edu (Daniel B. Bikle) writes: ]
[...remapping your workstation to a VT,...]

] 
] -Here's the tricky part:
]   program your 4 favorite keys to emit these characters.
]   this is easy to do on a NeXT.
]   if you are running X windows it might be do-able.

    Here's how I do this on X: I add the following lines to my
~/.Xdefaults file (some call this ~/.Xresources--same thing):

/* ------------ cut here ------------- */

xterm100*VT100.translations: #override \ \
~Ctrl ~Shift ~Alt <Key> F1 : string(0x1b) string(0x4f) string(0x50) \n\
~Ctrl ~Shift ~Alt <Key> F2 : string(0x1b) string(0x4f) string(0x51) \n\
~Ctrl ~Shift ~Alt <Key> F3 : string(0x1b) string(0x4f) string(0x52) \n\
~Ctrl ~Shift ~Alt <Key> F4 : string(0x1b) string(0x4f) string(0x53)
/* No modifiers....... Fn : ^^ Escape ^^ ^^ O ^^ ^^ P/Q/R/S ^^ */

/* ------------ cut here ------------- */

Either restart X or do "xrdb -merge < ~/.Xdefaults", to get X to recognize the new mapping. Then, start a window with "xterm -name xterm100": this window will have PF1 through PF4 on keys F1 through F4. (This works on Sun and Aviion--dunno about VAXen.)

    You may have to add some more definitions for the keypad keys: some workstations don't produce VT100 sequences for those keys, and most Oracle apps use those keys for a VT100 (since there are no Fn keys). The idea would be the same; check your workstation's manual for the names of these keys, get the VT sequeneces as Dan says, and remap them as above.

] Or if you have nimble fingers, just type them in.

    Actually, this may or may not work: if you type too slowly, the application may interpret the leading "Escape" as the [Escape] key, and not bind the rest. (This happens if you have [Escape] bound to something.)

• Bill K.

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