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From: solomon@nike..FtCollins.NCR.com (Richard L. Solomon)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: 4DOS key remapping
Keywords: 4DOS key
Message-ID: <510@ncr-mpd.FtCollins>
Date: 31 Jul 90 13:25:23 GMT
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Reply-To: Richard.Solomon@ColoSpgs.NCR.COM (Richard L. Solomon)
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> 
> Re-assigning keys can be easy when you have "device = ansi.sys" in your
> config.sys file.
> 
> example
> 
> To re-assign the 4DOS filename completion key F9 to the TAB key, do the
> following
> 
> >echo ESC[9;0;67p
> 
> to get the ESC char, hold down ALT and type 255 on the keypad and release
> ALT and than hold down ALT again type 27 on the keypad and release ALT. 
> 
> for more detail on reassigning keys check the ansi section of your DOS
> manual. Good luck
> 
>
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> David Qing Lao,   State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Dept. of
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	Thanks, but I (and most people who have corresponded with me) am WELL aware
of using ANSI.SYS to redefine keys.  This redefinition just happens to
cause slight
problems if one wants to use the TAB key in one's favorite editor for
example.  Any
fool can redefine the keys, what we are after is altering what keys 4dos
expects.
 
BTW, someone mailed me regarding an incorrect e-mail address for JP
Software.  I 
requested that they send the correct address, but have received no
reply.  Thanks
to all who replied with ME TOO! to the key redefinition.  I'll try and
reach JP SW
this week by phone and post whatever conclusion is reached.

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Richard Solomon
Richard.Solomon@ColoSpgs.NCR.COM

NCR Microelectronics
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