Nondefinable Keys
You can define all keys on the LK201 and VT100-series keyboards -- except
the following:
BREAK COMPOSE CHARACTER CTRL (by itself) LOCK or CAPS LOCK
HOLD SCREEN SET-UP SHIFT
On the LK401 keyboard you also cannot define the ALT FUNCTION key.
While DECTPU does not prevent you from defining keys F1 through F5 or the
ESCAPE key, the code bound to these keys cannot be executed.
The PF1 key is the default DECTPU shift key. You cannot define PF1 unless
you specify a different shift key by using SET(SHIFT_KEY...).
You can define and execute the following keys using the DECwindows
interface. You can also define the keys on character-cell terminals --
although doing so is not recommended because you can execute the keys only
under special terminal settings, as follows:
CTRL/C, CTRL/O, To execute a procedure or program bound to
CTRL/X, and F6 one of these keys on a character-cell terminal,
you must have entered the DCL command
SET TERMINAL/PASTHRU.
CTRL/T and CTRL/Y To execute a procedure or program bound to
either of these keys on a character-cell
terminal, you must have entered the DCL command
SET TERMINAL/PASTHRU or SET TERMINAL/NOCONTROL.
CTRL/Q and CTRL/S To execute a procedure or program bound to
either of these keys on a character-cell
terminal, you must have entered the DCL command
SET TERMINAL/NOTTSYNC.
Defining CTRL/M or RETURN affects the other as well. Similarly, defining
CTRL/I or TAB affects the other as well.
The EVE editor has the same restrictions as DECTPU, except EVE does not
let you redefine RETURN, does not let you define typing keys (unless used
with a modifier such as GOLD or CTRL), and lets you redefine the DO key
only if you have defined another key as DO. Also, EVE does not have a
default shift key (or GOLD key), so PF1 can be defined. (For more
information, see EVE help on SET GOLD KEY.)
Related topics
DEFINE_KEY KEY_NAME KEYNAMES TABLE SHIFT_KEY