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From: rodean@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bruce Rodean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Enabling softkeys on an HP 9000/345
Message-ID: <5570433@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Jun 90 03:03:41 GMT
References: <282@elroy>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Ft. Collins, CO.
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In article <282@elroy> marka@dsinet (elroy) writes:
>   I've run across a little problem here.  We want to be able to use the
> 8 softkeys on the console of a 9000/345 with an application.  To do this,
> we need to make sure the menu is in User mode without having to have the
> user do it.  This particular system (with an hp98548 bit-mapped display)
> doesn't seem to respond to the escape sequences used by the terminals
> for this function.  Does anybody know if there IS a way to enable User
> mode from the host, and what the sequence is?  Thanks.

This is what I have in my .profile file:

    /bin/echo "\033&jB\c"

I would expect that a printf() equivalent would do the job for you.

Bruce Rodean
rodean@hpfcla.HP.COM
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