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From: karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Print Screen Key on IBM-RT
Message-ID: <1451@haddock.ISC.COM>
Date: Wed, 21-Oct-87 16:30:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: haddock.1451
Posted: Wed Oct 21 16:30:27 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 24-Oct-87 07:39:34 EDT
References: <201@qetzal.UUCP>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston
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Summary: Please clarify the question

In article <201@qetzal.UUCP> root@qetzal.UUCP (Admin) writes:
>Does anyone know of a way to make use of the print screen
>key on the RT?  We're running AIX 2.1.

Make use of it how?  It sends a unique code ("\e[209q"), so you can use it
just like any other function key, either by writing applications that
recognize that string or by binding a new string (or function) to that key.

Or are you asking for a utility that can read the information on the screen?
That can also be done, though I don't know of any way to transparently attach
it to the Print Screen key.  I just wrote it as a program that reads from the
screen attached to stdin, so I can always flip to another window and type
"readscreen </dev/hft/3 >/tmp/foo".

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint