On 11/1/22 2:18 PM, Steve McKay wrote:
. . .
On the displayed panel, select on the "Key Assignment" tab and select
Category "Host Functions" near the middle of the panel.
Find (for instance) "Erase to End of Field" in the list and click on it.
With the function highlighted, click on the "Assign a Key" button. Press
the key that you want for this function.
. . .
That much I figured out yesterday, and I'd seen it (and used it) before.
Thus, I was able to put Field Exit, Enter, and crosshairs where they
would be on a 102-key InfoWindow keyboard.
This is about dealing with keys that, because the actual emulator is so
far removed from actually running on my desktop, are *invisible* to the
emulator. For example, since a Mac has an etched-in-stone help key where
the "Insert" key is on a PC keyboard, and its own F13-F15 where a PC
keyboard would have "Print Screen/SysRq," "Scroll Lock," and
"Pause/Break" (and a 5250 102-key would have "Print," "Help," and
"Pause/Clear"), I normally map "Insert" to the first of the three, "5250
Help" to the second, and leave the third unmapped. (I even had Unicomp
make up keycaps for them, in a contrasting color.)
But SURPRISE: Either the browser, or the browser-interface remote
desktop software intercepts all three of those keys. And it also
intercepts "End," so it can't be mapped into ErEOF. Likewise, "keypad
NumLock" is invisible to the emulator. When I click "Assign a Key," and
hit any of those keys, *nothing happens!* And there *aren't* any good
alternative keys that *are* visible to the emulator for those functions.
So we're back to "Popup Keypad" (customizable, but can it be set to
always open on launch?) and "Keypad" (looks like it can be set to always
open on launch, but can it be customized?) Unless I just sacrifice
numpad-slash, numpad-star, and numpad-minus (not a major loss, I
suppose), and paste a label above them.
Also: I'm used to having multiple terminal sessions open. With physical
terminals, it is not unheard-of for me to be signed on to both "sides"
of a 3477-FA and all four "sides" of a 3489. I find that it's not
terribly difficult to spawn off a tab in the IBM emulator, but I want
both terminal sessions visible at the same time, and spawning a tab, and
then tearing it off as a separate window, is a bit inconvenient. Is
there a way to just spawn off a separate window directly?
--
JHHL
midrange.com
