Re: How to make F1/F2/F3/F4 usable in screen emacs?

[pei . linux]

Acturally I can use F1-F4 under normal mode in putty, but when I use screen and 
open
emacs under screen, F1-F4 is invalid... :(
BTW, where is Putty config files under windows XP? :)

Phil! Gregory <address@hidden> writes:

> * pei.linux-9Onoh4P/address@hidden <pei.linux-9Onoh4P/address@hidden> 
> [2008-01-22 18:49
> +0800]:
>> Thanks Michael, :) It's work fine for me. But I am still wondering. Does 
>> Putty steal away
> F1/F2/F3/F4 keys or other
>> applications? 
>
> PuTTY sends the same escape sequences as (IIRC) the linux console for
> F1-F4 by default.  This is a problem because it sets its $TERM to 'xterm',
> which on many systems has different F1-F4 escape sequences.  You may be
> able to fix yhe behavior by going into the PuTTY config, changing the
> setting about the function keys to (again, IIRC) 'xterm R6' and saving
> that in your default settings.
>
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