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From: lasko@regent.dec.com (Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corp., Westford, MA)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: VT-420 user-defined keys
Summary: 256 bytes, just like all of our previous terminals
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Date: 3 Jul 90 13:28:44 GMT
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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.