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

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

Why go to all that effort?  Just get a decent terminal emulator.