[comp.sys.dec] VT-420 user-defined keys

marka@dsinet (elroy) (07/03/90)

(Please excuse the cross-post...)

I'm curently working with a VT-420.  Nice terminal, but the user's manual
is a little skimpy on detail.  What I need to know is, how many bytes can
you program into one of the user function keys?  Also, are the key definitions
common across sessions (when you have two sessions active)?  I'd like to
use the UDK's as sort of a clipboard for moving text between sessions.
The cut-and-paste facility is a little awkward.

Thanks for any info.
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Mark Anacker				...!dsinet!marka -or- ...!toybox!msa
Digital Systems International, Inc.	Redmond, WA   USA    (206) 881-7544

lasko@regent.dec.com (Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corp., Westford, MA) (07/03/90)

In article <294@elroy>, marka@dsinet (elroy) writes...
>I'm curently working with a VT-420.  Nice terminal, but the user's manual
>is a little skimpy on detail.  What I need to know is, how many bytes can
>you program into one of the user function keys?  

A total of 256 bytes are available for UDK definitions, divided amongst
the keys until the bytes run out.

>                                                 Also, are the key definitions
>common across sessions (when you have two sessions active)?  I'd like to
>use the UDK's as sort of a clipboard for moving text between sessions.
>The cut-and-paste facility is a little awkward.

No, there is a separate set of UDK definition space for each session. (You
could have applications in each session donwloading separate definitions.)

The cut-and-paste facility can transfer far more information; I use it all
the time now that my muscles are trained on how the keys work.

Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corporation, Westford MA  (lasko@regent.dec.com)
My opinions are my own; any facts can speak for themselves.