Function keys in terminal?

BruceTanner · 10 March 2023 10:53

Just wondering if there is a way of “pressing” a function key in the terminal?

I installed htop but along the bottom of the terminal window it days “F1=Help F2=Setup … F10=quit”.

I’m not stuck trying to do something, asking just to increase my knowledge of SF!

throwaway69 · 10 March 2023 11:03

Install ToeTerm from openrepos, it has function keys row (edit: not sure if by default, if not visible check the layouts in settings, english extra is the one, you can switch between active layouts by swiping left or right over spacebar)

direc85 · 11 March 2023 08:02

Indeed, there’s function key support in ToeTerm! Please note this however:

That may affect other apps, too, but plain Fx keys should work fine!

nephros · 13 March 2023 09:18

Does not solve the underlying problem, but instead of top you may use htop, which includes a patch which switches the F keys to alternatives when run in fingerterm:

github.com

sailfishos/htop/blob/master/rpm/show-alternative-keys-in-functionbar.patch

diff --git a/CommandLine.c b/CommandLine.c
index d21f482..3d97608 100644
--- a/CommandLine.c
+++ b/CommandLine.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ static CommandLineStatus parseArguments(const char* program, int argc, char** ar
       {"no-unicode", no_argument,         0, 'U'},
       {"tree",       no_argument,         0, 't'},
       {"pid",        required_argument,   0, 'p'},
+      {"alt-keys",   no_argument,         0, 'a'},
       {"filter",     required_argument,   0, 'F'},
       {"highlight-changes", optional_argument, 0, 'H'},
       {"readonly",   no_argument,         0, 128},
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ static CommandLineStatus parseArguments(const char* program, int argc, char** ar
       if (opt == EOF)
          break;
       switch (opt) {
+         case 'a':
+            FunctionBar_useAltKeys(true);
+            break;
          case 'h':

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