Re: Sending "fx" commands

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <6g6s1g$c28$2@its1.ocs.lsu.edu>,
Jeff A Dicharry <jdicha1@tiger3.ocs.lsu.edu> wrote:
>Does anyone know of a way to send to a host, from a normal GS keyboard,
>the equivalent for the extended keyboard's f1, f2, f3, etc. buttons?  

   What kind of host? The method that the GS sends and tests those
keys is not used by antything outside of Apple computers, and as such,
there's no standardized method to transfew those over modems or the
like. Those extended keys are represented internally as roughly a-z
plus the special flag saying that they're on the 'keypad'. That flag
is in a special hardware register that's read-only, so if you're
trying to trick an app into thinking it's got extended keyboard
commands coming at it, better start patching the app. Over a modem,
same thing or worse.

Nathan Mates

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