Function Keys

[Conrado Camacho]

Hello,

I need to install SSH for security reasons using puTTY (Windows - HP-UX 11.0. I have already installed SSH on my UNIX box).But the application that my users work with needs the Function keys to be configured (F1 through F12) but I do not know how to configure these Function keys. I was thinking on inserting the configuration for the keys in .profile but I don't neither know the escape secuences. I have also looked for a thread in this channel, but nothing has helped me, Any suggest?

[Mark Greene_1]

In the puTTY setup for the host, under the Terminal category, you can select the terminal emulation for the function keys. There's a limited selection of supported emulations however.

mark

[Jeff_Traigle]

Sounds to me like you really need to configure the terminal emulator. See if this PuTTY doc helps:

http://www.tartarus.org/~simon/puttydoc/Chapter4.html

Section 4.4.3 discussed briefly how to change the action of the function keys and keypad.

Of course, for it to work you must know the sequence the application expects. What terminal emulator have the users been using? Probably need to take a look at that configuration to figure out what you need to configure into PuTTY. (Assuming this isn't documented in the application manuals somewhere.)

[Bill Hassell]

Function keys are VERY terminal specific and found only in advanced terminals (or emulators like PuTTY). There is nothing to configure in HP-UX You have to look at the docs for the emulator version you are using to see if they even exist. If they do not, the emulator cannot be used in your application. You can get a full emulation (including function keys and SSH) using Reflection for HP (note: this is not Reflection/X for Xwindows) version 11 and higher. Dumb terminals have no function keys (ie, vt100)

[Sivakumar TS]

Hi,

Its due to the emulation issue.

Please try the hummingbird/ WRQ Reflection it should hlp you.

Siva.

[Conrado Camacho]

None of the answers worked for me. I am using Kea! as terminal emulator and I have the escape secuences also. I also tried with all emulator options, but does not respond as expected.

I have already heard about reflection but this company does not want to buy anything :).
I'll try to find another free and configurable emulator. ;>

[Conrado Camacho]

Thanks to all.
I finally bought I shareware called "mocha", which perfectly fits my needs.

Camacho