[Info-vax] macOS Terminal app. Numeric keypad fails for EDT.

[alanfe...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 10:17:05 AM UTC-4, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 9/20/22 8:31 AM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote: 
> > Got my new Mac. Old one was running Mojave. Terminal on EISNER works 
> > fine for editing. My new Mac is running Monterey. I run Terminal, 
> > open a file in EDT, and the numbers on the numeric keypad do 
> > nothing. They> also do nothing at a DCL prompt. Also, the PF1-4 keys 
> > work from F1-F4, and F12 is BEGINNING OF LINE. 
> 
> > Is there some secret setting I'm missing? Or do I need a 3rd-party 
> > app? And if so, can anyone here recommend one? Thanks!
> It doesn't look like they're secret. Go to Preferences --> Profiles --> 
> Keyboard and you can add all the key mappings you want. You can even 
> create a VMS-friendly profile if you want different settings from what 
> you use for other things (or want it to automatically log in to your VMS 
> system, for example). 
> 
> I've never done this with Terminal, only iTerm2, but I did that at a 
> time when Terminal did not have the keyboard mapping capability some 
> years ago and have never bothered to do all the set-up for Terminal.

I already tried that. You can't map to those keys. They are simply not listed in the key drop-down. 

But it turns out it's even worse than that. The numbers on the numeric keypad don't work in other apps, like Mail and BBedit!!! this is even worse than the grayed-out shortcuts on all the drop-down menus! I can't use the numbers on the numeric keybad for anything!

Well, two things:

1. I can struggle with workarounds: redefine the function keys.

2. Work as normal on my old Mac, which I have set up on the dining room table.

This is UFB. Oh, Shift-5 is paste. Lovely.