As I noted in a previous message, I have been trying out the VAX simulators that now have QVSS video displays, thereby letting them use DECWindows without needing an Xserver on a different logical computer. (It could be the same physical computer.)
One thing I have discovered is that the key mappings are less comprehensive than I expected. I have a DEC LK461 keyboard (it has the VT220 layout with a PS/2 connector for a PC) and I have previously put a lot of effort into getting the keys to work "just right" in two configurations 1) I log into a simulated VAX from a terminal window running on Linux 2) I make my computer look and act like a VAXstation. I do the latter by having a simulated VAX display its X display on the Xserver of my computer. Linux itself is running as a server with no GUI. When using the QVSS video device, I find that the keypad keys do not map to anything. Specifically, I have run xev and pressing the keypad keys produces nothing. The extra VT220 keypad key bindings seem a bit eccentric to me. The various keys display the following in xev: Pressing the "Find" key results in "Insert" being displayed in xev. Pressing the "Insert Here" key results in "Find" being displayed in xev. Pressing the "Remove" key results in "Select" being displayed in xev. Pressing the "Select" key results in "Prior" being displayed in xev. Pressing the "Prev" key results in "apLineDel" being displayed in xev. Pressing the "Next" key results in "Next" being displayed in xev. The up, down, left and right arrow keys work as you would expect. F11 and F12 display those values. F13 and F14 do nothing. Help and Do do nothing. I presume that I can remap the keys that actually do something, but I don't know how to remap keys that appear to be completely dead. I am happy to have a go at modifying the current code if someone (Matt Burke?) can confirm that this is what is needed. Cheers Peter Allan
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