Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!ts
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Changing key assignments
Message-ID: <1991May4.055338.29636@uwasa.fi>
Date: 4 May 91 05:53:38 GMT
References: <1991May3.170200.19165@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: University of Vaasa
Lines: 23

In article <1991May3.170200.19165@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> husak@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (BugsBunny) writes:
>Is there a way in Turbo pascal, to change the key-assignments for the keys.
>What I want to do is change the 'F??' keys to special characterts from
>foreign languages for a vocabulary flash card program. In other words I'd
>like to assign the F1 key the letter u with two dots above it (umlaut) which
>is ascii value 129.... Is there a way to do this so that in any readln, it will
>work????

I don't know if you can do it with the original readln, but you can
certainly build a routine that simulates readln with a skilful use
of ReadKey and KeyPressed functions.  You can handle then any key
the way you want.  The additional advantage of this is that you can
actually build input editing and recall into your enahanced readln
routine.  I have done so in many of my own programs.  (Sorry, no
source code available, only the unit where the enhanced readln is,
but you obviously need to write yours to correspond to your special
requirement). 

...................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun