rdb@drutx.UUCP (BurnhamRD) (11/30/84)
This is a summery of some of the comments that I recieved to my
question about vsh. Many of the responces were offers to send
manual pages. The main point of my question was how to use the key
redefinition function. I found that it does not work as it should
for the system function keys. I got the system function keys
programed by another means ( listed below ) that works for any
shell.
Following is a description of it as some kind of editor.
NAME
vsh - edit shell, command programming language
DESCRIPTION
Vsh is a command programming language that executes commands read
from a terminal or a file.
Following is a description more like what we have on our system.
NAME
Vsh - visual shell
DESCRIPTION
Vsh is a highly interactive, visually oriented shell which
eases many programming activities. Most commands involve
only a single keypress. These commands cause directories to
be displayed, editors to be entered, and compilers to be
invoked.
Following is a description of function key programming, pfk.
Pfk will program any programmable function key on a 5420.
Pfk takes potential dash arguments, a key number (one
through eight), and two strings: the key label that you want
to appear on the screen (you have to figure out how many
spaces to include to make it pretty) and the string to have
the terminal send when you hit that key. Either string
may potentially include wierd characters, (including white
space) so you'll probably have to enclose them in quotes.
The dash options come first. They are:
-n add a newline to the sequence sent by
the terminal.
-s program a system function key
-u program a user function key (default)
If you just type "pfk" with no options, it will give
you a "usage" reminder line.
Thanks to everyone for thier help.
Bob Burnham