From: kenr@bridge.cc.rochester.edu (Kenneth C. Rich)
Newsgroups: comp.databases.ingres
Subject: Re: ingres on a PC?
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:34:30 GMT
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

> 	Hi all -
> 	i have a question regarding accesssing ingres from a networked P.C
> 	i've developed an abf application on a sun sparcstation that is 
> 	accessed from a shelltool. i now want to see what the screen looks 
> 	like *full-screen* rather than squinting at the shelltool window.
> 	i can log on to ingres from a pc but the keyboard doesn't have the 
> 	*L* and *R* function keys - i think it's a vt 100f.
> 	is there a way i can use ingres on a pc by some how mapping to 
> 	different keys ? the *f* keys don't seem to work either
> 		 thank you in advance for any suggestions,
> 
> 			jake:-) 


do you really want to get to the app from a PC or just want to view
it big?  If you want to see it big on a sun, if you use xterm windows
under XWindows or OpenWindows, pop open a new xterm with the -fn
*font* parameter set to something big like:

	xterm -fn 10x20
	xterm -fn 12x24

the lucidasanstypewriter fonts are nice but i think i remember they
don't have all the vt100 'graphical' characters which are nice for
seeing the lines on the forms, etc.

If the PC terminal emulator package keys don't default to something
comfortably vt100-like, maybe there is a way to make specific keys
emit specific sequences of characters.  Here are the character sequences
for the vt100 application keypad for configuring keys by hand:

All of them emit a 3 character escape sequence starting
with <Esc><Capital-O>  AKA  Ctrl-[ O  AKA  (hex) 1B 4F
followed by one character, in quotes on the corresponding key
below.
+ --------------+ --------------+ --------------+ --------------+ 
| pf1           | pf2           | pf3           | pf4           | 
|               |               |               |               | 
|    'P'        |    'Q'        |    'R'        |    'S'        | 
|               |               |               |               | 
+ --------------+ --------------+ --------------+ --------------+ 
| 7             | 8             | 9             | -             | 
|               |               |               |               | 
|    'w'        |    'x'        |    'y'        |    'm'        | 
|               |               |               |               | 
+ --------------+ --------------+ --------------+ --------------+ 
| 4             | 5             | 6             | ,             | 
|               |               |               |               | 
|    't'        |    'u'        |    'v'        |    'l'        | 
|               |               |               | (little L)    | 
+ --------------+ --------------+ --------------+ --------------+ 
| 1             | 2             | 3             | enter         | 
|               |               |               |               | 
|    'q'        |    'r'        |    's'        |    'M'        | 
|               |               |               |               | 
+ --------------+ --------------+ --------------+               | 
| 0                             |               |               | 
|                               |               |               | 
|    'p'                        |    'n'        |               | 
|                               |               |               | 
+ ------------------------------+ --------------+ --------------+ 
So actually you can key in 'Enter' as Esc O M if you want.
On occasion I have to do exactly that.  For instance
Mac Plus keypads are broken; the 'pf3' key-equivalent
doesn't work so I always had to type Ctrl-[ O R to 'End'.

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-ken rich                      ()                      kenr@cc.rochester.edu
Newsgroups: comp.databases.ingres