This document covers the following topics:
For enhanced operating convenience, you can assign a frequently used terminal command to a function key. The following methods exist:
Within a program, you can assign terminal commands to function keys by using the
statement SET KEY.
In the programming environment, you can use the system command KEY to
assign a terminal commands to a function key.
Function-key assignments can also be made by the Natural administrator via the
profile parameter KEY.
Note
Assignments made with the system command KEY
are totally independent of assignments made with a SET KEY statement in a
program.
Pressing the CLEAR key has the same effect as the terminal command %%.
You can use the ESC key instead of the CLEAR key - unless another function is assigned to ESC in the terminal database SAGtermcap. Further information on SAGtermcap is provided in the section Natural Termcap Utility in the Tools and Utilities documentation.
