PROCOMM Keyboard Customization

Table of contents:

Parts a and b are valid no matter if you have PROCOMM or not. In this later case, I suggest you see how is done in PROCOMM or NetTerm, and look for similar facilities in the manual of your software. This is not an endorsement of PROCOMM. This software was available to the Merrick School faculty some time ago. This page will no longer be updated from March 1996, on.

A. Keys common to all applications in the VT-100 emulation

KEY	Normal VT-100 action	Regular PC action	code to make keyboard work as regular PC
BACKSPACE	beginning of line	delete character left	hexa 7F or decimal 127
DELETE (not in numeric keypad)	delete character left	delete character right	^[Ol
HOME (not in numeric keypad)	nothing	go to beginning of line	^H
END (not in numeric keypad)	nothing	go to end of line	^E

These keys are the ones that generate the highest level of annoyance to PC users when in VT-100 emulation.

B. The EDT/ TPU keys: to be used to edit files and/or messages in VAXMail.

KEY	Normal VT-100 action	Regular PC action	code to make keyboard work as regular PC
PAUSE/BREAK	none	none - to be used to issue the COMMAND (GO) in EVE	^[OP^[Ow
PgUp	none	move 1 page up in text	^[Ou^[Ox
PgDn	none	move 1 page dawn in text	^[Ot^[Ox
- (in numeric keypad)	delete line	- use to delete line	^[OS
F9	none	none - to be used to center text in line	^[OP^[OwCENTER^M
F10	none	none - to be used to reformat paragraphs (EVE FILL command)	^[OP^[Ox

Note:

If for any reason your VT-100 emulation is not mapping the GOLD key (VT-100) to the NUMLOCK key (PC) as it should, program the NUMLOCK key with the code ^OP

C. How to customize the keyboard in PROCOMM (Windows and DOS).

Windows:

Before changing anything do a backup copy of the file vt100.kbd

1. select the SETUP icon in the action bar
2. select terminal options
3. in Terminal keyboard file: select vt100.kbd
4. click on edit (you will see a map of the keyboard)
5. choose the key to change codes and double-click it
6. select character, decimal or hex (most of the time you will use character the default)
7. enter the codes as shown in part A and B.

(repeat 5,6,7 for each PC key you want to change)
8. say OK (three different screens) and you are done.

DOS (PCPLUS):

Before changing anything do a backup copy of the file PCPLUS.KBD

1. run the program PCKEYMAP.exe
2. press PgUp/PgDn to find VT100 or similar (e.g. VT102)
3. press the PC key you want to program (an area to enter data will appear)
4. enter the codes as shown in part A and B.
5. press enter when code is correct

(repeat 3,4,5 for each PC key you want to change)
6. press Esc(ape) to quit and answer Yes to save the changes.

This page is maintained by Al Bento who can be reached at abento@ubmail.ubalt.edu. Although we will attempt to keep this information accurate, we can not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided. This page was last updated on March 16, 1996.