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From: mvadh@cbnews.att.com (andrew.d.hay)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Use of function keys for common comands at the ksh prompt.
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.124002.29386@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 19 Feb 91 12:40:02 GMT
References: <1991Feb17.235721.20854@shibaya.lonestar.org>
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In article <1991Feb17.235721.20854@shibaya.lonestar.org> afc@shibaya.lonestar.org (Augustine Cano) writes:
[]
"Is there a way to use the escape sequences generated by the function keys
"as function names?  Alternatively, is there another way to accomplish
"the same thimg? (at the ksh level, of course; I know the keyboard driver
"could be modified, but this is not an option.)

nope, you're SOL.  strings that begin with ^[ are either syntax errors
or invalid alias names.

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