[Info-vax] iTerm2 question (Re: OpenVMS graphics - once more)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-08-26 12:33:54 +0000, Craig A. Berry said:

> At least with 10.10.5 I see no way to make F10, for example, do 
> anything except adjust the volume or pop you into Exposé.

Presumably with both the "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard 
function keys" checked and the associated Keyboard Shortcuts settings 
also disabled?

To create or modify an application to avoid these changes — requiring 
manual changes to system-wide settings around a Terminal.app or 
iTerm2.app session — a Docker search for Shortcut in the OS X material 
returns a small mountain of hits; finding out if there's a way for an 
app to override the system-wide settings will involve some digging.  
Though digging around here 
<http://krypted.com/mac-os-x/defaults-symbolichotkeys/> initially does 
seem promising, I don't immediately see an application-specific 
function key override available.

Dependencies on the editing and function keypads are only going to get 
more problematic for serial-line-based applications, too.  As I've 
mentioned elsewhere, these LK-only applications are only going to get 
more ugly over time, as the keyboards wear out.  Things are still ugly 
even if some hypothetical new replacement dual-use LK450-like keyboards 
become available, as those will be both rare and expensive add-ons.   
Ignoring that many laptops and tablets just don't have these keypads, 
too.

In short, learn vim, emacs, nano or some other preferably-ubiquitous 
and not-keypad-based text editor, configure your IDE to use your 
preferred-editor key sequences, use the command mode in the various 
OpenVMS tools that have that feature, and get working on updating or 
replacing the rest of the old keypad-based OpenVMS apps you're using.


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