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Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Arrow key problems
Message-Id: <1995Feb1.155717@taz>
From: mn01@taz.acc.uwrf.edu
Date: 1 Feb 95 15:57:17 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin - River Falls
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I have a user with a CompuAdd 325TFX notebook computer. It is running DOS 5,
Windows 3.1 and has PhoenixBIOS A386 Version 1.01.
I am trying to install MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 on it for dial-in use. I have
encountered a strange problem while trying to get the keyboard mappings correct
however and am looking for enlightenment from the net.
I want the arrow keys to function as arrow keys, \Kuparr, \Kdnarr, etc. but they
don't always. I am using the VT320 emulation. The initialization file maps
many of the other "typical" VT keys.
Kermit senses the notebook as having an 88-key keyboard. If I do a SHOW KEY
on the up arrow key as the first command, it will report the following:
scan code \328
Verb: KP8 \KKP8
If I then do another SHOW KEY immediately afterwards, doing nothing else
in-between, I get the following:
scan code \4424
Verb: uparr \Kuparr
Similar things will happen if I show the key definition for down arrow, left or
right. This happens even if I put the proper SET KEY commands in the
initialization file. It seems that kermit ignores them until I do a SHOW KEY.
This is causing problems since once our users connect, they need the use of the
arrow keys. I finally just mapped ALT- some other keys to the arrow functions
but I really would like to solve the arrow key problems.
The keyboard on the notebook is, naturally, smaller. But, it has 12 function
keys and does have the 6 keys: Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up and Page Down.
The other really weird thing is if I use the DOS commands TYPE file|MORE or EDIT
file before I run kermit, kermit thinks the keyboard is a 101-key keyboard and
then the arrow keys work fine! But, the user of this notebook won't be doing
those commands so this isn't a real good solution for him...
If this is some standard PC-type keyboard thing, please forgive me. I'm not a
pc person.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Marlys A. Nelson System Manager, Systems Programmer,
Academic Computing Network Manager, etc., etc.
Univ. of WI - River Falls
Internet: Marlys.A.Nelson@uwrf.edu