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FKEYS PROGRAM
This program re-assigns the function keys <F1 - F10> from their
default values as EDLIN and DOS command line editor keys to macros for
the OS/2 CMD.EXE command line.
There are two files:
KEY.EXE
MENU.EXE
Both are protected mode programs that require OS/2. KEY.EXE is
the program that does the re-assigning. MENU.EXE is a program that shows
a help screen detailing what the re-assignments are. The re-assignments
are pretty simple: commands like CLS (clearscreen) are followed by a <CR>
so that they are executed immediately, and commands which call programs
that require command line input (MEP.EXE - the M protected mode M editor,
and CVP.EXE, the protected mode CODEVIEW) are not, so you have to complete
the command by giving a program name (extension optional), then press ENTER.
<ALT-F3> calls the help screen.
This all seems to work very well on my system, but I have noticed
that running KEY.EXE more than once in the same screen group can cause
the buffer that holds these variables to overflow ... that is, if you run
it once, don't run it twice without EXITing to re-start the screen group
with a fresh buffer. In any event, its no big thing, because it is so
easy to restart the screen groups under OS/2.
Obviously, to get this to work in startup.cmd, etc. the files have
to be in the path so they can all be found.
Harve Jay Schiffman
Upland, Ca
1988