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- Path: sparky!uunet!peora!tarpit!tous!bilver!bill
- From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
- Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:27:55 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.182755.15560@bilver.uucp>
- References: <1382@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk> <1992Nov18.004652.2591@global.hacktic.nl> <BxxH2D.AEv@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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- In article <BxxH2D.AEv@ccu.umanitoba.ca> rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:
- >peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
- >
-
- >>>Another problem to overcome is that many terminal emulators don't work too
- >>>well : they treat certain keys locally. When you press F1 on some terminal
- >>>emulators it doesnt send F1 to the remote machine and calls the local help
- >>>menu.
-
- >>That's not the case for the PC terminal emulators I know. Most use some kind
- >>of ALT combination.
-
- >I thought F1 is supposed to be a standard HELP key for Dos/Windows programs :-)
-
- But if you are on a Unix system, and have many terminals of varying
- types, along with PC emulators, you have some cross-training problems
- with users. "Hey Joe - how do I do ???" "Just press F1 for Help"
-
- Next call is to the support person - "My terminal is locked up and
- nothing I do works. They keyboard is dead."
-
- Support says "Press F1 that will unlock it" and he replies "But Joe
- says that's the help key" Answer is "That may be on the PC but on
- your VTxxx that is a scroll stop". "Well how do I change that?"
- "You can't - it's in hardware".
-
- In any given environment it's best if all users have the same keystroke
- sequences so that any person in that area can help another and on some
- terminals you have to take what you get.
-
- --
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