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Article #6241Re: PC/AT Function Keys under Xenix
From: Steve Westfall
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1986 04:33
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1986 04:33
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In article <400@gargoyle.UUCP> I wrote: >I am in desparate need of information on how to use the >PC/AT's function keys under Xenix. >. . . I was surprised to find that pressing any of the >ten function keys has absolutely no effect on the computer. Since this posting I received several calls and messages about how to solve this problem. IBM's Xenix 1.00 (= Microsoft's 3.0) has a "setkey" command which allows one to load an arbitrary string into a function key. Its format is: setkey keynum "string" Example: setkey 1 "who" This loads the "who" command into function key one. I included such commands in my .login and .profile files to load Ansi escape sequences into all ten function keys. (I also tried doing this in the /etc/rc file, hoping to get a permanent assignment that would be valid whenever anyone logs in, but this does not seem to work.) My thanks to everyone who responded! Steve Westfall uucp: ihnp4!gargoyle!west Univ. of Chicago Graduate School of Business
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gargoyle.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!gargoyle!west From: west@gargoyle.UUCP (Steve Westfall) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.unix Subject: Re: PC/AT Function Keys under Xenix Message-ID: <404@gargoyle.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Apr-86 23:33:29 EST Article-I.D.: gargoyle.404 Posted: Thu Apr 10 23:33:29 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Apr-86 08:24:45 EST References: <400@gargoyle.UUCP> Reply-To: west@gargoyle.UUCP (Steve Westfall) Distribution: net Organization: U. of Chicago Graduate School of Business Lines: 29 Keywords: Function keys, Xenix, setkey Summary: PC/AT Function Key Problem Solved