In Informix F1-F64 Function keys are there.
If in options insert key F36 is used , then which function key is going
to be used for this operation?

What is the purpose of all these function keys is only F1-F12 only
available on keyboard ???

vanitabk@rediffmail.com wrote:
> In Informix F1-F64 Function keys are there.
> If in options insert key F36 is used , then which function key is going
> to be used for this operation?
>
> What is the purpose of all these function keys is only F1-F12 only
> available on keyboard ???
>

Largely a termcap issue as to whether these will work on your terminal
or not.

I have only seen terminals with 24 Function keys ( There's probably ones
with more) but very often the Higher function key numbers could be used
for shifted versions of those Keys.
So in your case you could have

F1 = F1
F13 = Shift F1
F25 = CTL F1
F37 = Alt F1

You can see how 64 could be used up easily enough.

The only requirement is that your termcap provide the entries and that
the terminal itself can transmit a unique Escaped sequence for each of
the keypresses that you want to use.

Ah...this takes me back......

DOB.

This is typically used to disable INSERT in an INPUT ARRAY.
--
Regards,
Doug Lawry
www.douglawry.webhop.org

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> In Informix F1-F64 Function keys are there.
>
> If in options insert key F36 is used, then which function key is going
> to be used for this operation?
>
> What is the purpose of all these function keys is only F1-F12 only
> available on keyboard ???