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panner num-lock on-off

From: Jean-Pierre Radley <jpr@jpr.com>
Subject: Re: Panner: Num Lock (on/off) problem
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:48:07 GMT
References: <3A6DACBF.98639597@inetmail.att.net> 

Shery Corgan propounded (on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 04:05:28PM +0000):
| Using SCO OS Unix 5.0.5 and Filepro 4.8
| Using GUI -- Panner
| 
| I perform 90 % of my tasks using the SCO Panner.
| The different windows need the num_lock on or off
| depending on the window.
| 
| I would like to have the num_lock on or off to get
| the calculator keys to work, but not both. I can not
| find any documentation on this problem.
| 
| What happens now, by panner window, to get
| numbers from the calculator_keys
| 
| window_1    on
| window_2    off
| window_3    on
| window_4    off
| window_5    on
| window_6    on
| window_7    on
| window_8    on
| window_9    on
| 
| Before accessing Filepro Main Menu (dpromenu)
| I set the terminal type using a small script (on each
| panner window) as follows.
| 
| term_script
| 
| setcolor hi_white blue
| setcolor -r magenta gray
| TERM=ansi;export TERM

You shouldn't need to do that.  I set the colors for my windows in my
.startxc file; If your filePro termcap file doesn't have scoansi in, it,
just add it to the asni entry.


  # /u/jpr/.startxrc
  #Oct 97: my ~/.Xdefaults file sets the following:
  #     font4 as default
  #     no menubar on start
  #     blinking cursor
  #     scrollBar
  #     mapchanAutomap False
  
  # following file kills existing netscape and locks, relaunches netscape
  /u/jpr/bin/ns
  
  xclock -update 1 -hd magenta -hl magenta -geometry 100x100+0+1019 &
  
  scoterm -fg cyan   -bg black  -n JPR  -title jpr  -geometry 80x47+0+0 &
  
  scoterm -fg magenta -bg white -n JPR  -title jpr  -geometry 80x47+85+67 &
  
  scoterm -fg yellow -bg blue   -n JPR  -title jpr  -geometry 80x47+764+224 &
  
  scoterm -fg blue   -bg gray   -n BOSS -title boss -geometry 80x47+1600+0 \
          -e su - boss &
  
  scoterm -fg green  -bg black  -n BOSS -title boss -geometry 80x47+1800+120 \
          -e su - boss &
  
  scoterm -fg black  -bg white  -n BOSS -title boss -geometry 80x47+2364+224 \
          -e su - boss &
  
  scoterm -fg white  -bg red    -n UUCP -title uucp -geometry 80x47+3200+0 \
          -e su - uucp &
  
  scoterm -fg red    -bg cyan   -n NEWS -title news -geometry 80x47+3964+224 \
          -e su - news &
  
  scoterm -fg red  -bg gray     -n APPL -title appl -geometry 80x47+4800+0 \
          -e su - appl &
  
  scoterm -fg blue  -bg gray    -n APPL -title appl -geometry 80x25+5564+126 \
          -e su - appl &
  
  scoterm -fg black  -bg gray   -n APPL -title appl -geometry 80x25+5564+665 \
          -e su - appl &
  
  win &
  
  xv -root -rmode 5 -rbg "#107090" -quit /u/jpr/lib/valerie.jpeg &
  
  exec pmwm



As for the LEDs settings, here's a short program; I run it from
/etc/rc.d, but you could of course fire it off differently for each
window.


/*
     This code has been initially contributed by Jim Woolley of S Levy Inc. ;
it has been modified by Benoit Bruet (100321.1407@compuserve.com) to use
system console instead of standard input, to set any led combination passed
from command line, and to output previous settings.

Purpose :
=========

     "setleds" allows anybody having read access to "/dev/console"
(usually superuser) to light up any combination of "Caps Locks", "Num Lock",
"Scroll Lock" LED's of the console keyboard. Its primary use is to have the
"Num Lock" LED lit as it is usual in PC/MS-DOS world. This should avoid some
trouble to system manager with users complaining to be unable to log at
console after a reboot when entering figures of their password at keyboard
keypad.

Instructions :
==============

     "setleds" takes an optional argument. When present, this argument should
range from 0 to 7, and is obtained by OR-ing the following values :

          1 to light "Scroll Lock",
          2 to light "Num Lock",
          4 to light "Caps Lock".

     For instance, 7 would mean "all LED's on", 0 whould mean "all LED's off"
and 2 would mean only "Num Lock" LED on.

     Whether it has an argument or not, "setleds" will return the previous
settings (0 at boot), which can be used for later restoration. If output is
unwanted, it should be redirected to /dev/null.

     To have "Num Lock" LED lit at boot while discarding previous settings (0),
simply insert the following command as part of the boot process (for instance
in /etc/rc)  :

     setleds 2 >/dev/null

Warning :
=========

     There is not kind of guarantee, either expressed or implied, with this
software, which is delivered on a "as is" basis only.

*/
# include <ctype.h>
# include <fcntl.h>
# include <stdio.h>
# include <sys/types.h>
# include <sys/ioctl.h>
# include <sys/vtkd.h>

int main(int argc,char *argv[])
{
   int console,rc ;
   char leds ;

   rc = 1 ;
   if(argc>1 && !isdigit(argv[1][0]))
   {
      fprintf(stderr,"usage: setleds [ 0-7 ] # OR-ed LEDs bits\n") ;
   }
   else
   {
      console = open("/dev/console",0) ;
      if(console<0) perror("/dev/console") ;
      else
      {
         if(ioctl(console,KDGETLED,&leds)<0) perror("ioctl") ;
         else
         {
           printf("%d\n",leds) ;
           if(argc>1)
           {
              if(ioctl(console,KDSETLED,atoi(argv[1])&7)<0) perror("ioctl") ;
              else rc = 0 ;
           }
           else rc = 0 ;
         }
      }
   }
   return(rc) ;
}

-- 
JP

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