Terminal emulators , such as SecureCRT, use a keyboard emulation or “keymap” to map keystrokes from your local keyboard to the keystrokes that a remote host would expect. For example, assume you are a Windows NT user running a SecureCRT session that is configured with the VT220 terminal emulation and associated keymap. When you press the F1
key (which in NT would open the Help system), SecureCRT sends a Hold Screen command to the remote host as if you were pressing the F1
key on a VT220 terminal.
In SecureCRT, every session uses a keymap. Keymaps can also be used for more than one session. SecureCRT provides built-in keymaps for ANSI, Linux, SCO ANSI, TN3270, VShell, VT100, VT102, VT220, WYSE50, and WYSE60 terminal emulation. You can also create custom keymaps using the Keymap Editor.
Selecting a Keymap
SecureCRT automatically chooses a built-in keymap to use based on the terminal emulation selected in the Terminal/Emulation category of the Session Options dialog. To select a different keymap for a session, check the Select an alternate keyboard emulation option in the Terminal/Emulation category and select the built-in or custom keymap that you want to use.
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