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From: lipton@halleys.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Function keys under ULTRIX
Message-ID: <139@halleys.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 15:32:01 EST
Article-I.D.: halleys.139
Posted: Mon Apr  6 15:32:01 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 8-Apr-87 04:28:04 EST
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Keywords: VT240 ULTRIX


Thanks for the responses to my question about defining VT240 function
keys under ULTRIX.  The most useful suggestion was from Bruce Wisentaner,
who suggested that I "alias" the character sequences produced by the
function keys.  I have taken that idea and expanded it a bit.  I have
created a file called "defkey", below:

#
echo -n alias $argv[1] \'echo >> ~/.defkeys 
echo  ' "^[[1A$prompt' $argv[2] '"' \;$argv[2]\' >> ~/.defkeys

To use it, I type "defkey", the press the key I want to define, and
then type the definition, in double quotes if it is more than one word.
For example, to define the FIND key to do "ls -lt" I type
              defkey ^[[1~ "ls -lt"
This will append an entry to a file called .defkeys in my home directory.
Then I need the statement "source .defkeys" in my .login file to activate
the definitions.  Then, whenever I type FIND and carriage return, first I
will see the escape sequence [1~, then "ls -lt" will be written over 
that, and then "ls -lt" will be executed.
     It's not as nice as VMS, but it's better than nothing.

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