DCLinabox
Extended Keypad VMS Mapping
Extended keypad mapping for VMS is fraught with endless minor variations on
platform, browser and keyboard. The intention is to make any available
editing and numeric keypad look and behave as much like a VT220
keyboard as possible. Beware: Compromise Ahead! By default, Mac-style
keypad mapping is enabled on platforms guessed to be Macs, and PC-style
keyboards enabled on others. Keypad mapping may be selected
on-the-fly using the right-click user configuration menu items
VMS Keys - PC and VMS Keys - Mac, or by configuration variables
DCLinaboxVMSkeysPC and DCLinaboxVMSkeysMac.
The following combinations of keyboard and platform have been tested with
the browser families supported by DCLinabox.
- Mac A1243 keyboard with OS X 10.11
- Mac A1048 keyboard with OS X 10.11
- PC keyboard (104 key) with OS X 10.11
- PC keyboard (104 key) with Windows 7 (VM)
- PC keyboard (104 key) with Windows 10 (VM)
- PC keyboard (104 key) with Linux Mint 18 (VM)
VT220 Keyboard
| Help | Do |
|
F17 | F18 |
F19 | F20 |
|---|
|
| Find | Insert | Re-
move |
|
PF1 | PF2 | PF3 | PF4 |
|---|
| Select |
Prev
Screen |
Next
Screen |
|
7 | 8 | 9 | - |
|---|
| ↑ | |
|
4 | 5 | 6 | , |
|---|
| ← | ↓ | → |
|
1 | 2 | 3 | Enter |
|---|
|
|
0 | . |
|---|
Emulation Note: DCLinabox is a VT100/102
emulation only. The VT220 keyboard layout is used as a convenience only.
Mac Keyboard
| F13 | F14 | F15 |
|
F16 | F17 |
F18 | F19 |
|---|
|
fn
help | home | page
up |
|
clear | = | / | * |
|---|
| delete | end | page
down |
|
7 | 8 | 9 | - |
|---|
|
|
4 | 5 | 6 | + |
|---|
| ↑ | |
|
1 | 2 | 3 | enter |
|---|
| ← | ↓ | → |
|
0 | . |
|---|
- The F13 key is mapped to
Help.
- Each of the F14 and
F15 keys may be used as a
Do key.
- The keys fn (or help)
through to
page down map to
Find through to
Next Screen respectively.
- Where the fn (or help)
key is inaccessible the
Find key may be generated using the
control+home or
control+delete keys.
- The keys clear
= / and
* are mapped PF1
PF2 PF3 and
PF4 respectively.
- Remaining keys correspond to VT220.
General Note: The extended Mac keyboard makes for a physically and
functionally more compatible VT220 keyboard emulation.
Model Note: The older A1048 keyboard has the
F13 above delete with
the F14 F15 and
F16 keys above the editing keypad.
PC Keyboard
Print
Scrn | Scroll
Lock | Pause |
|
|
|---|
|
| Insert | Home | Page
Up |
|
Num
Lock | / | * | + |
|---|
| Del | End | Page
Down |
|
7 | 8 | 9 | + |
|---|
|
|
4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|
| ↑ | |
|
1 | 2 | 3 | Enter |
|---|
| ← | ↓ | → |
|
0 | . |
|---|
With a Mac
- The Print Scrn key is mapped to
Help.
- Each of the Scroll Lock and
Pause keys may be used as a
Do key.
- The keys Insert through to
Page Down map to
Find through to
Next Screen respectively.
- The keys Num Lock
/ * and
+ are mapped to PF1
PF2 PF3 and
PF4 respectively.
- The + key is alternately
, and as
Ctrl++ mapped to the
- key.
- Remaining keys correspond to VT220.
With a PC
- The Print Scrn
Scroll Lock and
Pause keys are not available.
- Ctrl+Insert
is mapped to Help.
- Ctrl+Home and
Ctrl+Page Up
are each mapped to Do.
- The keys Insert through to
Page Down map to
Find through to
Next Screen respectively.
- The Num Lock key toggles the Num Lock
function and so Ctrl+/ or
Ctrl+7 are alternatives to
map PF1.
- The subsequent keys
/ * and
+ are mapped to
PF2 PF3 and
PF4 respectively.
- Remaining keys correspond to VT220.
Shortcut Note:
Ctrl+Page Up
is a common tabbed browsing keyboard shortcut to switch to next tab.
Use only Ctrl+Home if this
is an issue.