[Info-ingres] TERM_INGRES

[Roy Hann]

Karl Schendel wrote:

>
>> On Dec 21, 2021, at 6:58 PM, Rich Ford <richford990 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a new installation on Linux and the install setup konsolel for TERM_INGRES.
>> 
>> This works for the most part but I can't get the F3 key to work.
>> 
>> Is additional configuration required?
>
>
> Are you in fact using a KDE konsole terminal window?
>
> If you go to Settings -> Edit current profile -> Keyboard, is it set to
> Default (xfree 4)?
>
> If you do:  cat -v -
> in the window, and press F3, do you get ^[OR (i.e. ESC O R)?
>
> If the first two are yes and the last is no, I think you'll have to go to
> KDE System Settings and fiddle with the Input Devices / Keyboard
> settings to get your keyboard to send the right thing.  Or, you could
> edit your local $II_SYSTEM/ingres/files/termcap file to change
> the konsole k3 parameter to whatever your keyboard is actually sending.

Also, if you are using PuTTY to access your Linux machine remotely, it
works well enough with TERM_INGRES set to konsolel to trick you into
thinking you're using a correct setting but it fails in odd ways. IIRC
one problem is F3 doesn't work.

If--if--you are using PuTTY set TERM_INGRES to putty.

Roy