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sonycdr

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Registered: 2009-01-30

Posts: 130

Customizing xfce4-terminal like Linux console

I'm working with a remote, old ncurses (??) application which was seemingly designed to work with Linux console (tty), or more specifically, with its F1-F5 function keys functionality (IIRC F6-F12 have not changed too much through "consoles" with the years...).

So, with xfce4-terminal as it is, the F1-F5 function keys don't work properly within the particular application.
As far as I read from its docs, seemingly the app expects for the F1-F5 keys to generate sequences "ESC [[A" to "ESC [[E", but today's terminals normally generate sequences like "ESC [11~" to "ESC [15~", or "ESC OP" to "ESC OS".

While searching for possible solutions, I found this of course varies from terminal to terminal. For example, KDE's konsole makes use of profiles, and creating an apart profile with keyboard type "Linux console" solves the issue in that case. And if something goes wrong, one can just modify or delete the profile and try again, making it safe and totally reversible.

What could I do in xfce4-terminal case? Preferably that it was something also "reversible"...
Actually I would not like to always have to Ctrl+Alt+F[1-4] to go to tty...

Thanks for your attention.

sonycdr

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Registered: 2009-01-30

Posts: 130

Re: Customizing xfce4-terminal like Linux console

Seems this possibility was "removed in 0.8.0":
https://docs.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-termin … patibility

Thus no possible solutions?