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

[Craig A. Berry]

On 8/26/15 5:46 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2015-08-26 14:33, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>> On 8/26/15 7:03 AM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <mrj169$pae$1 at dont-email.me>, "Craig A. Berry"
>>> <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> writes:
>>
>>>> I posted fairly detailed instructions on manually adding keys. See
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.vms/i-CVytjOJ2A/SU5qVdgEA_sJ
>>>>
>>>> However, with current versions of iTerm2/Mac OS X you can no longer
>>>> override function keys -- as described above.
>>>
>>> Just download and build xterm.
>>
>> Or install XQuartz, which already has xterm. And/or just use a DECterm.
>> Then be prepared for lengthy configuration sessions and the exact same
>> problem with function keys that iTerm2 has. 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.
>
> I user Xquartz, am on 10.10.5, use Xterm, and I can get te´he various
> functions by using fn+key, but of course I do have an old Apple USB
> keyboard with a numeric keyboard at the right end and everything.
> Oh, and I also need to make sure I have not bount the F<n> keys to
> anything particular in OSX.

Thanks, but while there are some keys I can get that way, there are
others I can't, and having to hold down Fn for some keys and not others
is not really something I find viable.

> If you get into Exposé, it is because you
> have the key bound to that. Remove that binding in settings, and you'll
> get F10 instead.

There is nothing bound to F10 at the system level and I've set all the
system-wide keyboard settings to their defaults.