Neil Heller wrote in a message to All:

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

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

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

The only standardization that I'm aware of is the use of some function keys
in terms of file managers and editors.  Take Midnight Commander,  which I
use under linux but which I also understand is available on other
platforms,  and which I also understand is a Norton Commander clone (I've
never used NC).  For those,  the keys in the file manager are Help, Menu,
View, Edit, Copy, RenMove, Mkdir, Delete, PullDn (pulldown menu), and Quit.
 In the editor they're Help, Save, Mark, Replace, Copy, Move, Search,
Delete, PullDn, and Quit.  InspectA (dos file manager I also use here) has
pretty many in common with these,  them being Help, Global (Un)Mark, View,
Edit, Copy, Move, Create Directory, Sort Order, Directory Tree, and Execute
Command.

Hope this is of some help.

 NH> Also, does anyone know if there is a prohibition against not having
 NH> an easy method for escape from the application for the user?

I'm not sure what you mean here.  I do know that there have been some
software packages that would *not* let me get out of certain places in them
without going through whatever it was that the program "needed"
me to go through at that particular point,  and programs that are written
this way drive me *NUTS!*.  And I tend not to use them,  if I can avoid it.

I'm personally fond of using the  key for this purpose.

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