On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Paul Williams wrote:

> "Thomas E. Dickey" wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Michael B Allen wrote:
> >
> > > With a hint from of Mr. Dickey, I believe the private \E[?1515h
> > > and \E[?1515l sequences are appropriate.
> >
> > the pointer which Paul Williams gave (for key position mode) is
> > probably more promising.
>
> Heh heh, I'll have to correct myself now you've mentioned it!
> Unfortunately the VT500-series Programmer References have a typo, which
> I blindly copied. The sequences are CSI ? 81 h and CSI ? 81 l, not CSI
> 81 h, etc.

good (I was a little surprised to see it as a non-private mode, but wasn't
at a good point to research it - I have it as a private mode in vttest:
not the first typo in DEC's manuals).

> However, they should not be used to turn on a mode other than KPM. Any
> custom UTF-8 trickery should use a new mode code.

>From what I understand of the request, KPM would be adequate, and UTF-8 is
just brought in because he's still learning what is involved.  Ultimately,
since scan-codes are not really portable in the sense that's requested,
I'm not sure how useful any of this is.

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