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From: srt@aero.ARPA (Scott R. Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: reprogramming the function keys for the vt100 emulator
Message-ID: <34617@aero.ARPA>
Date: 21 Jul 88 21:38:21 GMT
References: <363@caldwr.caldwr.gov>
Reply-To: srt@aero.UUCP (Scott R. Turner)
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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In article <363@caldwr.caldwr.gov> kwongj@caldwr.caldwr.gov (James Kwong) writes:
>Could someone please tell me if it is possible(and if so, how)to
>reprogram the function keys after starting up the /com/vt100. 

The short answer is:  Without access to the source code, it isn't possible,
so far as I know.

I really wish that Apollo would release the source to the vt100 emulator,
or at least spend some time fixing it up.  It has any number of bugs in 
it other than the function key problem:

  *  The first vt100 window has to be open (i.e., non-iconized) in order
     to start up a second one.

  *  No selectable fonts.

  *  If a "curses" program screws up and thinks your vt100 window is 
     24 lines when it is in fact longer, all kinds of ugliness occurs.

					-- Scott Turner