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Managing ABL Applications
ABL and R-code Deployment and Management : Maintaining User Environments : Maintaining the UNIX user environment : Specifying keyboard mappings
 
Specifying keyboard mappings
The PROTERMCAP file maps key functions to key labels. The following table shows the mappings as installed. Many of the mappings shown are terminal specific, and certain terminals might not support the function for a particular sequence given in the table.
Table 17. OpenEdge PROTERMCAP key functions
Key function
UNIX key label
ABORT
CTRL-\ CTRL-ALT-DEL
APPEND-LINE
CTRL-A
BACKSPACE
BACKSPACE CTRL-H DEL-CHAR
BACK-TAB
BACK-TAB CTRL-U SHIFT-TAB
BELL
BELL CTRL-G
BLOCK
SELECT CTRL-V
BOTTOM-COLUMN
ESC-CTRL-B
BREAK-LINE
ESC-B
CANCEL-PICK
ESC-CTRL-X
CHOICES
ESC-CTRL-H
CLEAR
F8 CTRL-Z
CLOSE
ESC-Z
COMPILE
ESC-P
COPY
F11 ESC-C
CURSOR-DOWN
CURSOR-DOWN CTRL-J
CURSOR-LEFT
CURSOR-LEFT CTRL-O
CURSOR-RIGHT
CURSOR-RIGHT CTRL-L
CURSOR-UP
CURSOR-UP CTRL-K
CUT
F10 ESC-X
DEFAULT-POP-UP
ESC-U
DELETE-CHARACTER
DEL
DELETE-COLUMN
ESC-CTRL-Z
DELETE-END-LINE
ESC-K
DELETE-FIELD
ESC-CTRL-D
DELETE-LINE
REMOVE CTRL-D
DELETE-WORD
ESC-D
EDITOR-BACKTAB
CTRL-B
EDITOR-TAB
CTRL-G
END
END ESC -> ESC-.
END-ERROR
F4 PF4 ESC CTRL-E
ENTER-MENUBAR
F3 PF3 ESC-M
EXIT
ESC-Q
FIND
CTRL-F FIND
FIND-NEXT
ESC-F
FIND-PREVIOUS
ESC-I
GET
F5 ESC-O
GO
F1 PF1 CTRL-X DO
GOTO
ESC-G
HELP
HELP F2 ESC-? PF2
HOME
HOME ESC-H ESC-h ESC-< ESC-,
INSERT-COLUMN
ESC-CTRL-N
INSERT-FIELD
ESC-CTRL-G
INSERT-FIELD-DATA
ESC-CTRL-F
INSERT-FIELD-LABEL
ESC-CTRL-E
INSERT-MODE
INS F9 CTRL-T CTRL-@
LEFT-END
ESC-LEFT-ARROW ALT-LEFT-ARROW
MAIN-MENU
ESC-CTRL-M
MOVE
ESC-CTRL-V
NEW
ESC-N
NEW-LINE
INSERT-HERE CTRL-N
NEXT-ERROR
ESC-E
NEXT-FRAME
ESC-CTRL-I
NEXT-WORD
CTRL-W
OPEN-LINE-ABOVE
ESC-L
OPTIONS
ESC-CTRL-O
PAGE-DOWN
PAGE-DOWN ESC-CURSOR-DOWN ESC-DOWN-ARROW NEXT-PAGE NEXT-SCRN
PAGE-LEFT
ESC-W
PAGE-RIGHT
ESC-Y ESC-CTRL-J
PAGE-RIGHT-TEXT
ESC-CTRL-J
PAGE-UP
PAGE-UP ESC-CURSOR-UP ESC-UP-ARROW PREV-PAGE PREV-SCRN
PASTE
F12 ESC-V
PICK
ESC-CTRL-P
PICK-AREA
ESC-CTRL-W
PICK-BOTH
ESC-CTRL-Q
PREV-FRAME
ESC-CTRL-U
PREV-WORD
CTRL-P
PUT
F6 ESC-S
RECALL
F7 CTRL-R
REPLACE
ESC-R
REPORTS
ESC-CTRL-A
RESUME-DISPLAY
CTRL-Q
RETURN
RETURN CTRL-M
RIGHT-END
ESC-CURSOR-RIGHT ESC-RIGHT-ARROW ALT-RIGHT-ARROW
SAVE-AS
ESC-A
SCROLL-LEFT
ESC-CTRL-L
SCROLL-MODE
ESC-T
SCROLL-RIGHT
ESC-CTRL-R
SETTINGS
ESC-CTRL-@
STOP
CTRL-C CTRL-BREAK
STOP-DISPLAY
CTRL-S
TAB
TAB CTRL-I
TOP-COLUMN
ESC-CTRL-T
* Using key function syntax
* UNIX stty control functions