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[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2022-09-22 kl. 16:53, skrev Johnny Billquist:
> On 2022-09-22 14:29, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-09-22, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>>> On 2022-09-21 14:26, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> For me, having PF1 to PF4 on F1 to F4 is an absolute no-no. I use the EDT
>> keypad layout heavily every single day and I can't have my fingers flying
>> across the keyboard every time I need to press one of those keys.
> 
> Ah. Well, that would be a problem for you then.
> 
>> For me, they need to be on the top of the keypad and I do remember that
>> being a problem in the early days of using xterm. I don't know if things
>> are better now.
> 
> Most of the time not, since the choice made in xterm was to use F1-F4 for 
> PF1-PF4. Which is pretty harmless, as a real DEC terminal normally cannot 
> use F1-F5 anyway, as they are used for local operations.
> 
> But yes, these keys are usually physically quite some distance away from 
> the numeric keyboard.
> 
>> BTW, the only missing key for me on a PC keypad is delete word, which is
>> something I never used anyway.
> 
> And I'm fine with reaching over to F1-F4 when I need those. It's all 
> different compromises. I can generate all keys I could on a DEC keyboard, 
> which for me is more important than the location of PF1-PF4.
> 
>    Johnny

I would not dream of having the "gold" key at the far left of the whole 
kayboard. What a mess to hit something like "find" in EDT...