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From: dak@hpausla.aso.hp.com (Dave Kruger)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: 4DOS Key Remapping  (was Re: Other 4DOS Bugs?)
Message-ID: <2210017@hpausla.aso.hp.com>
Date: 2 Aug 90 21:50:49 GMT
References: <508@ncr-mpd.FtCollins>
Organization: HP Australian Software Operation
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david q lao <lao@acsu.buffalo.edu> writes in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:
> 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. 

Unfortunately, 4DOS's "cancel command" key is ESC.  After I release the ALT
key for the second time, 4DOS sees the ESC and cancels the command line.  All
previously entered characters (echo <space>) disappear.

Dave Kruger
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