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From: wws@sorcerer.scp.bellcore.com (Wayne Scott)
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 13:56:51 GMT
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In article <2t5369$gse@lorne.stir.ac.uk>, kmaguire@qub.ac.uk (K Maguire) writes:
|>Hi Everyone
|>
|>I must use a Vax for email purposes here, although I have a Solaris 2.3
|>workstaion on my desk. I find it irritating in the extreme that the
|>numeric keypad functions which are very handy in mail and edt do not work
|>at all in an xterm. Can anything be done about this, or is there
|>available a program (terminal type) for the Vax that would properly
|>interpret my keyboard in either an xterm or command-tool window. (I've
|>also used the Vax from a DecStation and the keypad works fine there in a
|>Decterm so why not an xterm on a Sun??)
|>
|>Failing that, how do I go about changing the mappings so the keypad
|>functions are available to me somewhere (anywhere) on my keyboard. Maybe
|>the function keys or something??
|>
|>Thanx
|>Kevin
|>
|>--
|>Kevin Maguire Dept Computer Science
|>Research Fellow Queen's University of Belfast
|>email: k.maguire@qub.ac.uk
I'm transitioning from a DEC/Alpha to a SUN/Solaris box.
I need to access VAX/VMS systems from both.
Anticipating the same problem, I asked about this in the relevant
SUN News Groups. I received several replies, none of which I've
tried yet because: 1) my SUN isn't configured yet; 2) I still have
the DEC/Alpha. Anyway, the following reply sounds the most promising
to me, and I'll try it first when the time comes.
If someone else tries it, please let me know how it goes.
Thanks,
Wayne Scott
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From clsun1.admdvl.cl.uh.edu!petkovsk Wed May 11 11:10:14 1994
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 10:11:50 +0600
From: petkovsk@clsun1.admdvl.cl.uh.edu (Leslie S. Petkovsky)
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To: wws@cc.bellcore.com
Subject: RE: accessing VAX/VMS with SUN keyboards ?
Cc: petkovsk@clsun1.admdvl.cl.uh.edu
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Here is a mapping I am currently using for a Sun type 5 keyboard
on a Sun SPARC 10 using Solaris 2.3 to map like a VT220 on the Vax.
We have been using this mapping for about 2 weeks and it seems to
work fine. The only drawback with this mapping is that the NumLock
key only sends a PF1 keycode sequence when the key goes from OFF to ON.
Also, the VAX mapping for the keypad is only active when NumLock
is ON, otherwise, the keypad sends the alpha-numeric values written
on the keys (i.e., no arrows, end, etc.)
The mapping when NumLock is on follows.
Sun Key VT220 Key equivalent
------- --------------------
Num Lock PF1
KP / PF2
KP * PF3
KP - PF4
F4-F12 F6-F14
Print Screen Help
Pause Do
Mute Audio F17
Lower Audio F18
Raise Audio F19
Power Switch F20
Del Select
Insert Find
End Prev Screen
Home Insert Here
Page Down Next Screen
Page Up Remove
To enable this mapping, I added the following text to my
~/app-defaults/XTerm file and use the "-name vax" qualifier
when issuing the xterm command.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - -- - - - - -- - CUT HERE - ------- - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - -
! Set up keyboard mapping for the VAX keypad. NumLock key toggles between
! normal mapping and keypad mapping.
! VAX PF1 to PF4 correspond to Sun Num_Lock on, KP /, KP *, KP -
vax*VT100.translations: #override \
<Key>Num_Lock: string(0x1b) string("OP") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_Divide: string(0x1b) string("OQ") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_Multiply: string(0x1b) string("OR") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_Subtract: string(0x1b) string("OS") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_7: string(0x1b) string("Ow") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_8: string(0x1b) string("Ox") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_9: string(0x1b) string("Oy") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_Add: string(0x1b) string("Om") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_4: string(0x1b) string("Ot") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_5: string(0x1b) string("Ou") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_6: string(0x1b) string("Ov") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_1: string(0x1b) string("Oq") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_2: string(0x1b) string("Or") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_3: string(0x1b) string("Os") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_Enter: string(0x1b) string("OM") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_0: string(0x1b) string("Op") \n\
@Num_Lock<Key>KP_Decimal: string(0x1b) string("On") \n\
<Key>KP_1: string(1)\n\
<Key>KP_2: string(2)\n\
<Key>KP_3: string(3)\n\
<Key>KP_4: string(4)\n\
<Key>KP_5: string(5)\n\
<Key>KP_6: string(6)\n\
<Key>KP_7: string(7)\n\
<Key>KP_8: string(8)\n\
<Key>KP_9: string(9)\n\
<Key>KP_Decimal: string(.)\n\
<Key>KP_0: string(0)\n\
<Key>Delete: string(0x1b) string("[4~")\n\
<Key>Insert: string(0x1b) string("[1~")\n\
<Key>End: string(0x1b) string("[5~")\n\
<Key>Home: string(0x1b) string("[2~")\n\
<Key>Page_Down: string(0x1b) string("[6~")\n\
<Key>Page_Up: string(0x1b) string("[3~")\n\
<Key>BackSpace: string(0x7f)\n\
<Key>KP_3: string(3)\n\
<Key>F4: string(0x1b) string("[17~")\n\
<Key>F5: string(0x1b) string("[18~")\n\
<Key>F6: string(0x1b) string("[19~")\n\
<Key>F7: string(0x1b) string("[20~")\n\
<Key>F8: string(0x1b) string("[21~")\n\
<Key>F9: string(0x1b) string("[23~")\n\
<Key>F10: string(0x1b) string("[24~")\n\
<Key>SunF36: string(0x1b) string("[25~") \n\
<Key>SunF37: string(0x1b) string("[26~") \n\
<Key>Print: string(0x1b) string("[28~")\n\
<Key>Pause: string(0x1b) string("[29~")\n\
<Key>SunAudioMute: string(0x1b) string("[31~")\n\
<Key>SunAudioLowerVolume: string(0x1b) string("[32~")\n\
<Key>SunAudioRaiseVolume: string(0x1b) string("[33~")\n\
<Key>SunPowerSwitch: string(0x1b) string("[34~")
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CUT HERE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Leslie S. Petkovsky
Senior Systems Analyst/DBA
University of Houston-Clear Lake petkovsk@clsun1.admdvl.cl.uh.edu
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