kwongj@caldwr.caldwr.gov (James Kwong) (07/21/88)
Could someone please tell me if it is possible(and if so, how)to reprogram the function keys after starting up the /com/vt100. We have a program written on another system that is menu-driven. It runs on vt100 terminals and expects certain escacpe sequences from the function keys. I am able to log into this remote system with the combo. vt100/emt command. If I type in the escape sequence manually the particular function works O.K. I try using the kd...ke DM window command but it seems like the vt100 overrides these attempts as soon as i move the cursor back into the vt100 window (the help pages mention that some commands will do this). Thank you in advance JK -- James Kwong Calif. Depart. of H2O Resources, Sacramento, CA 95802 caldwr!kwongj@ucdavis.edu(Internet) ...!ucbvax!ucdavis!caldwr!kwongj (UUCP) The opinions expressed above are mine, not those of the State of California or the California Department of Water Resources.
srt@aero.ARPA (Scott R. Turner) (07/22/88)
In article <363@caldwr.caldwr.gov> kwongj@caldwr.caldwr.gov (James Kwong) writes: >Could someone please tell me if it is possible(and if so, how)to >reprogram the function keys after starting up the /com/vt100. The short answer is: Without access to the source code, it isn't possible, so far as I know. I really wish that Apollo would release the source to the vt100 emulator, or at least spend some time fixing it up. It has any number of bugs in it other than the function key problem: * The first vt100 window has to be open (i.e., non-iconized) in order to start up a second one. * No selectable fonts. * If a "curses" program screws up and thinks your vt100 window is 24 lines when it is in fact longer, all kinds of ugliness occurs. -- Scott Turner
bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger) (07/26/88)
I am, even as I write, looking at vt100 running with a font designed by three people (including myself) here (it's a 6x10 font, by the way--would anybody else find such a size useful? it's as big as std.19l is on a 300, when displayed on a 3000). Anyway, what you do is to start up your first vt100 session in a direcotry with a font called "vt100s" (in my case, this is simply a link) that contains the font you want the emulator to use. Due to the weeirrd way that vt100 now works, this will cause all further vt100 emulators in your session (until you sigp vt100_server) to use the same font . . . note that vt100 does reverse video by merely reversing the pixels (without painting a reversed background first), so you must create a font that has no spacing between characters but instead has white space within all of the characters. This in turn is an incredible pain in the rear with the stupid font editor (no global operations at all), but it can be done. -- --Brian, __________________________________________________ the man from |Brian T. Schellenberger ...!mcnc!rti!sas!bts Babble-On |104 Willoughby Lane work: (919) 467-8000 x7783 ____________________________|Cary, NC 27513 home: (919) 469-9389