Re: Oraterm and exit.

Mogens Lynnerup (neulynne_at_uts.uni-c.dk) wrote:
> Hi,
 

> on a vt220 I would like to remap the RUNFORM-RUNMENU Product Key `Exit'
> from the Device Key PF4 to Esc expected to be hexadecimal 1B. How ever
> when I try to do this it seems like RUNFORM-RUNMENU is waiting for another
> character to arrive and not timing out and recognizing Esc as a valid
> single character. Can anyone confirm this bizar behavior and better does
> anyone have a solution.

ESC is used as a prefix for almost all vt key sequences (eg up arrow is ESC [ A), and so can't be used as a key on it's own, unless you want to abandon all those other keys which start with an ESC (see your terminal handbook: it's probably all of them except those on the main keyboard).

Sorry...

> BTW - this is Forms 3.0.16.11.2 and Menu 05.00.11.12.02.

That doesn't matter :-(
> -Mogens

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