As reported earlier, I have been using CTWM ini Fedora 32.
Most things work but I have been having problems never previously
encountered: in my text editor not all the function keys work properly:
Some of them generate no text input, in an xterm window if I am running
ctwm. If instead of using ctwm I run the xfce window manager then if run
xterm, the function keys work as expected: they generate input characters.
In more detail:
If I boot to level 3 and run a text editor without a window manager, the
function keys work as expected:
In plain text mode (level 3), without a window manager:
Key pressed:
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11
F12
input characters generated (\^[ = ESC)
\^[[[A \^[[[B \^[[[C \^[[[D \^[[[E \^[[17~ \^[[18~ \^[[19~ \^[[20~ \^[[21~
\^[[23~ \^[[24~
If run in full graphic mode (Level 5), with ctwm as window manager:
Key pressed:
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10
F11 F12
input characters generated (\^[ = ESC)
\^[OP \^[OQ \^[OS \^[[18~ \^[[19~ \^[[20~ \^[[21~
Note that keys F3 F11 and F12 have no effect.
However, if I boot to level 5 with the default XFCE window manager, i.e. no
ctwn,
then, in an xterm window, the function keys produce these character sequences,
which are
easily mapped on to functions;
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10
F11 F12
\^[OP \^[OQ \^[OR \^[OS \^[[15~ \^[[17~ \^[[18~ \^[[19~ \^[[20~ \^[[21~
\^[[23~ \^[[24~
What could cause keys F3 F4 F6 F11 and F12 to fail to function normally when
ctwm is running,
but not when the xfce window manager is runing?
Can I do anything about this, or do I simply have to complain to Fedora
developers?
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Aaron Sloman
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~axs
