On 2019-12-20 15:39:37 +0000,
bradysto...@gmail.com said:
> Connection/Data and changed the "Terminal-type string" from the default
> of "xterm" to "vt220" and this has resolved my issue with smitty.
> Changing to the "vt220" did not affect my function keys either which is
> nice.
If you do end up with a terminal type where smitty doesn't support the
function keys, it falls back to key mappings like ESC-1 through ESC-9.
(At least that's what AIX 5 or so did on the Apple Network Server I was
working with earlier this fall.) In that case, you have to press the
two keys in very quick succession.