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[Johnny Billquist]

On 2022-09-21 14:26, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-09-21, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>> On 2022-09-20 20:45, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>
>>> BTW, you do need a proper keyboard mapping script unfortunately, but
>>> I find xterm to be quite usable when talking to VMS systems and when
>>> using the application keypad mode generally.
>>
>> I agree in principle, but am constantly confused about people saying
>> they need to do all kind of keyboard mapping scripts with xterm.
>>
>> I've been using xterm for over 30 years, and I've never had to do that,
>> and been using it against VMS and RSX all the time, and *all* keys work
>> as you would expect. Both on old sparc stations, DECstations as well as
>> my MacBook Pro's that I use these days. Haven't even changed anything in
>> my configuration for the last 20 years or so. Same stuff still works the
>> same way across the different platforms.
>>
> 
> PF1 to PF4 mapping. Are they on F1 to F4 or are they on the top row of
> the numeric keypad ?

F1 to F4, since the top row of the numeric keypad have keys that are 
also on the DEC numeric keypad which I also want. Can't have it both 
ways. The DEC numeric keypad have more keys than any PC or Apple 
keyboard have.

> Do you use application keypad mode ?

Yes.

> Do you use the editing keys between the main keyboard and the numeric keypad?

Yes.

> I had problems with all of these under Linux until I used a keyboard mapping
> script and I have continued to use the same setup over the years.

All working as well as I could ever wish or expect. And yeah, I even use 
EDT from time to time, all behaving nicely. No mapping scripts ever used.

But it took some time to figure out how to actually setup xterm 
correctly. But I did that a long time ago, and once it was figured out, 
I've never had to do it again.

   Johnny