Re: Keypad Application/Numeric Mode

Path: emory!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!agate!stanford.edu!rutgers!pyrnj!pyramid!infmx!jacob From: jacob@informix.com (Jacob Salomon) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Summary: (ESC)= and (ESC)> Message-ID: <1991Nov25.222407.19068@informix.com> Date: 25 Nov 91 22:24:07 GMT References: <1991Nov20.225504.26829@mdd.comm.mot.com> Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News) Organization: Informix Software, Inc. In article <1991Nov20.225504.26829@mdd.comm.mot.com> rudoff@mdd.comm.mot.com (Doug Rudoff) writes: > >I want to be able to use the numeric keypad on my vt420 terminal while >in an Informix screen. But it seems that Informix automatically places >the keypad in application mode on start up (and returns it to numeric >mode when done). I don't want Informix to do this for me, I just want >to use the numbers on the keypad. > >Is there any way to turn this "feature" off? > >I could modify the termcap entry, so when it tries to turn on the >application mode, it really doesn't. I'd also have to change the arrow >key definitions since numeric and application modes generate diferent >codes for the arrow keys (poor terminal design, if you ask me). >However, I'd rather not modify the termcap. > >Any help will be appreciated. On all VT-series terminals I know of, the sequence ESC> (escape followed by '>' character puts the terminal into "keypad" mode; ESC= puts into numeric mode for the keypad. I recall there being more than one "keypad" mode; a regular keypad mode (which does not affect the arrow keys) plus an application keypad mode. The above sequence should leave your arrow keys alone. Hope this helps. -- Jake -- ----------------Obligatory smart-$$$ remark:--------------------- | There's two kinds of people: Those who categorize people into | | two groups and those who don't. (Aging proverb.) | -----------------------------------------------------------------