function keys
Currently, the function keys in the virtual consoles generate different escape sequences then in environments such as xterm and screen. I've only tested keymaps under i386/qwerty, but I suspect this applies to others as well.
Is there any logic behind the currently assigned escape sequences? Are they sup posed to emulate a certain terminal behavior? Right now, they don't really make sense.
My suggestion is to make function keys consistant across as many tty interfaces as possible.
I think the best way to do this is to change the files /usr/share/keymaps/*/*/* so that they are consistant on all ttys. I would help with this, but I want to know what people think first. Configuration for other programs could also be modified, but I don't know as much about how to do that.
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Dan Gohman
gohmandj@cda.mrs.umn.edu
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