Debian bug report logs - #797 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#797: /etc/termcap console keydefs for function keys Reply-To: Bill Mitchell , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: Bill Mitchell Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 22:03:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: whichever one installs /etc/termcap X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sun, 16 Apr 1995 22:03:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 041621521324263; Sun, 16 Apr 1995 21:52:13 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s0cDk-0003cdC; Sun, 16 Apr 95 14:51 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA19725 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Sun, 16 Apr 1995 14:51:04 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.6) with ESMTP id QAA22397 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 1995 16:51:04 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.6) with SMTP id QAA18811 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 1995 16:51:03 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA00765; Sun, 16 Apr 95 14:51:02 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA22701; Sun, 16 Apr 95 14:51:00 PDT Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 14:50:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Mitchell X-Sender: mitchell@bb29c To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII PACKAGE: whichever one installs /etc/termcap VERSION: 0.93R5 I was working with a program which expects F10 key input today, and having problems. I'm not a termcap jock, and may be off base here, but here's what I glean from examining the console entry in /etc/termcap, looking at the terminfo(5) man page, and using "od -c" to look at what is seen from some function-key keypresses: 1. The /etc/termcap console entry maps "k0" to what my F10 key produces. 2. The terminfo(5) manpage says that F10 is "k;", not "k0". 3. The program I'm working with maps F10 to "k;" 4. The terminfo(5) man page mentions function keys, ranging from F0 thru F63. 5. My keyboard contains F1 thru F12. Most (all?) PC-AT keyboards I've seen contain at least F1 thru F10. 6. I think I've seen mention in some docs about Shift-F1 being F11, Shift-F2 F12, etc. That seems to take us From F1 through F20 with most (all?) standard PC-AT keyboards. 7. The program I was working with worked OK if I added a "k;" definition which duplicated the existing "k0" definition to the /etc/termcap console entry. That suggest to me the following: 1. The /etc/termcap console entry might need to have a "k;" definition added. Some programs (at least the one I was working with) seem to expect it. 2. The /etc/termcap console entry might need to have further key definitions added for F11 thru at least F20. (The terminfo(5) man page seems to say that "k1" is the F1 key, "k;" is the F10 key, "F1" (not "F10: -- perhaps "F1" vs. "k1" here denotes a shifted F1 key?), and so forth. mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Bill Mitchell Subject: Bug#797: Acknowledgement (was: /etc/termcap console keydefs for function keys) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-request: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 11 15:47:43 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t39w6-000BD9C; Wed, 11 Oct 95 15:47 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA11638 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-request-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:47:18 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:51 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:51 EST From: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) To: debian-bugs-request@pixar.com reassign 797 (base) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov