Re: [LINUX5250] Just a thank you note.

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Myles Toomey wrote:
> >
> > On PC keyboards, "shift-2" is the '@' symbol.   Is this also the case
> > on your Mac?  If not, this might be the issue.
> >
> Shift-2 is @ here also. i tried with numb lock off and on. Is there any
> way to trap the keystrokes to see what is going on?

Probably the easiest way is to bring up vi, press "i" to go into insert
mode, press Ctrl-V to tell it you want to be able to key control
characters, then hit the key that you want to see... it'll show you
which character is being sent...


> XDarwin is the piece (really technical term there) which allows X
> Windows to run on Mac OSX. Darwin is the opens source kernel. The curses
> implementation on Mac OSX I have seen described as "primitive". In
> earlier efforts to install stuff I had ncurses complaining about the
> absence of various components. I did the Xwindows install, and it build
> like a charm. I realise that they should not be interdependant, but I
> cannot explain (or remember) beyond that....

Oh, I think I've heard of that.   That's the project that Jordan K Hubbard
went to Apple to set up...   (JKH is one of the founders of the FreeBSD
project)

> > This is where a termcap or terminfo would be helpful.  If you set the
> > termcap entry for "F14" correctly, then Shift-F2 will do the job.
>
> cool. As i am clueless, where do i look at it?
>

The termcap file that I use under FreeBSD can be found in the
freebsd directory of the tn5250 distribution.  It's called
"sample.termcap".  Inside you'll find all sorts of definitions for
different key sequences.

Typing "man 5 termcap" should explain the format of this file.
You might also check out the README file in the freebsd directory.

The Linux versions use terminfo instead.   It works much the same way,
Type "man 5 terminfo" and look at the file in the Linux directory, to
find out about that.

As for F14 bringing up your CD player, this is probably being done by
your Window Manager or XKeyboard.  Here's a similar problem that
someone else had, which I found by searching the mailing list
archives:

http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250/199910/threads.html#00032

Hope that helps...