Jasen Betts wrote in a message to Neil Heller:

 NH> Is there a standard for function keys other than F1 (help)?

 JB> No, word perfect even has help on f3 :)

That is so non-standard...

That program also relies *excessively* on those function keys.  It wouldn't
bother me so much if I could find a later-type keyboard that would put them
on the side like they used to.

 NH> I've written a black book type program and would like to assign
 NH> the F keys to the following functions:

 NH> Next entry Previous entry Print current entry Modify current entry
 NH> Delete current entry Add/Save a new entry Find first Find next

 JB> map them to regular keys like
 JB> pgup/pgdn/alt-p/alt-e/alt-i/alt-s/alt-n and make the F-keys user
 JB> definable

I rather like this idea better.  WordStar back in the CP/M days got it
right with their use of ctrl-whatever keys,  a touch typist doesn't have to
take their hands off the home rows to do stuff.  I'm thinking of maybe
making changes like that in mc.  :-)

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