> From: Matthew Nuzum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:34:11 -0400
> So if you wish to send the key sequence Alt+F1 to a program you need to do
> this- Ctrl + ^ then "a" then Ctrl + ^ then 1. This is very laborious, and
> most terminal emulators don't allow you to program the keys to do this.
> Therefore, the users that want to do this must spend about $200 per
> workstation for a high end telnet client.
I suppose the main problem is there are no many terminal
emulators which send EVERY keypress and keybreak to host.
Or, at least, there is no documented standard of such
a terminal emulator, telling what keys have what codes.
DosEmu just defined some own codes, and seems it also
recognizes keys which are defined properly in termcap.
I suppose DosEmu attempts to get more than typical terminal
emulator provides. Do you assume it is good idea to restrict
its abilities to conform every terminal emulator?
>think that dos-emu could be modified to make it friendlier to terminals.
...
>done that way. If we look at the way most terminal emulators do things (not
>power term, it does things differently and is too expensive) and then
>modeled dos-emu after that way of doing things, we could make [life easier
>and] dos-emu more accessible to everyone.
If you know what the way is, what are codes sent by these
terminal emulators (I hope there are few PD ones), then
just write documentation on this topic. I don't suppose
Hans has time to investigate terminal emulators.
Jerzy
