ITEM: AN2594L

HCON key mapping

Env:   AIX 3.2.x  HCON 2.1
Desc:
  Logging into products (such as PROCOMM) using vt100 emulation, unable
  to exit menus with F3 key or with "\ 3" key sequence.
.Action:
.  The ESC-3 problem can be resolved by increasing the value of
  the ESCDELAY environment variable.
  \# export ESCDELAY=5000  
.  The F3 key problem can be resolved by mapping HCON keys.
  We can modify the HCON terminfo file to reinterpret the F3 key.

  \# cat /usr/lib/terminfo/dec.ti /usr/lib/hcon/terminfo/dec.ti.H
    > /usr/lib/hcon/terminfo/dec.ti

  \# export TERMINFO=/usr/lib/hcon/terminfo

  \# vi /usr/lib/hcon/terminfo/dec.ti
     Find kf3 under vt100-am
     Modify for what your key is sending.

  \# tic dec.ti
   HCON uses it's own terminfo file when actually inside the session.
  When you enter internal menus such as hconutil, it actually spawns
  an external process that uses the normal AIX terminfo files in
  /usr/lib/terminfo.

  Thus a similar change to the regular AIX terminfo file is required.

  \# export TERMINFO=/usr/lib/terminfo

  \# vi /usr/lib/terminfo/dec.ti
    Find kf3 under vt100-am
    Modify for what your key is sending.

  \# tic dec.ti

See entries under "terminfo" and "HCON" in InfoExplorer for details.




Support Line: HCON key mapping  ITEM: AN2594L

Dated: December 1995 Category: N/A

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