Key Functions and Keyboard Setup

This chapter contains information about keyboard setup and customizing mapped key functions.

Default Key Function Assignments

This section lists the functions assigned, by default, to each key on your keyboard.

For more information about each function, refer to the Keyboard choice on the Help menu.

You can change the default key assignments to the following default function tables, by selecting Keyboard Setup from the Assist menu.

When the Keyboard Setup window opens, select one of the following choices:

• 3270 for a 3270 keyboard layout
• 5250 for a 5250 keyboard layout
• 3270+5250 for a combined keyboard layout
• VT for a DEC VT220 keyboard layout

Personal Communications includes two .KMP keyboard map files that map the standard Win32 hotkeys for Cut, Copy, and Paste. You can use these keyboard map files or add the key values to an existing map file. See Win32 Cut, Copy, and Paste Hotkeys for more information.

Setting the 3270 Keyboard Layout Default

To make the 3270 keyboard layout defaults available, do the following:

1. Click Preferences -> Keyboard from the Edit menu. The Keyboard dialog box is displayed.
2. Select the IBM® Default radio button next to Current Keyboard.
3. Click OK.

Default Key Functions for a 3270 Layout

Table 11 shows the default key functions for PC/3270. The key used is the same for all the supported keyboard types.

Setting the 5250 Keyboard Layout Default

To make the 5250 keyboard layout defaults available, do the following:

1. Select Preferences -> Keyboard from the Edit menu. The Keyboard dialog box is displayed.
2. Select the IBM Default radio button next to Current Keyboard.
3. Click OK.

Default Key Functions for a 5250 Layout

Table 12 shows the default key functions for iSeries®, eServer™ i5, or System i5®. The key used is the same for all the supported keyboard types.

1. If you use iSeries from the combined package, see Default Key Functions for the Combined Package.
2. The default key functions for a 5250 layout are not available by default. To make these functions available, perform the procedures in Setting the 5250 Keyboard Layout Default.

Default Key Functions for the Combined Package

Table 13 shows the default key functions for the combined package. The key used is the same for all the supported keyboard types.

When you use the 3270+5250 keyboard layout, the key definitions for the 3270 and 5250 layouts are combined with those listed here.

Setting the VT Keyboard Layout Default

To make the VT keyboard layout defaults available, do the following:

1. Click Preferences -> Keyboard from the Edit menu. The Keyboard dialog box is displayed.
2. Select the IBM Default radio button next to Current Keyboard.
3. Click OK.

Default Key Functions for the VT Emulator Layout

Table 14 shows the default key functions for VT220, VT100 and VT52. The key used is the same for all the supported keyboard types. The VT emulator keyboard gets selected as the default only when the VT Component is selected in the installation path.

Keyboard Setup (3270 and 5250)

You can use Keyboard Setup to modify the function defined for each key on the keyboard, except some reserved keys.

You can define the following functions for the keys:

• Performing a key function
• Playing a macro
• Entering characters

Keyboard File

When you specify a key, you can save the new keyboard layout in a file (.KMP). If you create two or more keyboard files, you can alternate between them as required.

To assign a function to a key on the keyboard:

1. Click Preferences -> Keyboard from the Edit menu
2. When the Keyboard Setup window appears, select Customize.
   Note:
   Select Spain from the Language menu during keyboard setup if you want Catalan support.
3. Assign the key functions, referring to the online help for detailed instructions.
4. Save your changes and exit the Customize Keyboard window.
5. Click OK after completing the setup.

You can reset either the entire keyboard or specific keys to defaults:

• To reset the entire keyboard, set the current keyboard to IBM Default in the Keyboard Setup window.
• To reset specific keys, select a key in the Customize Keyboard window and then select Default from the Current Actions for Selected Key box.

Win32 Cut, Copy, and Paste Hotkeys

Personal Communications includes two .KMP keyboard map files that map the standard Win32 hotkeys for Cut, Copy, and Paste to Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, respectively. You can use these keyboard map files or add the key values to an existing map file.

For 5250 sessions, the .KMP file provided is pcswinkb5.kmp. The remapping is given in Table 15.

The keys PF7 and PF8 remains mapped to Roll Up and Roll Down, respectively.

For 3270 sessions, the .KMP file provided is pcswinkb3.kmp. The remapping is given in Table 16.