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When using htop, the function keys (eg. F9 for kill, F7/F8 for renice..) seem to be captured in the OS rather than in htop. How can I get those keystrokes handled by the process (i.e. htop)? I am using the default gnome terminal in Ubuntu 11.04

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You don't need to use the function keys, htop uses curses, so you are able to click on the help, setup, search, invert,... buttons with your mouse and they will perform the action.I only state this because I have seen numerous developers and sysadmins not realize this and have the same frustration as you. – Gus E Aug 16 '11 at 14:23
wow, you're right the mouse works.. thanks! – wim Aug 17 '11 at 0:28
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In the gnome-terminal menus, go Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts... and uncheck Enable the menu shortcut key (F10 by default). F9 seems to work as usual, and F7/F8 do acually work but seem not to be able to set the nice value lower than zero, not sure why about that one.

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One issue may be that F10 key opens one of the indicators. To solve that, install the CompizConfig Setting Manager

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Then open it:

ccsm

Wait for it to open, then choose Ubuntu Unity Plugin from the list.

In these settings, change Key to open the first panel menu to whatever else you want (default is F10).

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unfortunately that did not resolve anything.. and i had ubuntu unity plugin disabled in ccsm anyway. the F10 key pulls down the File menu in my gnome terminal. – wim Aug 16 '11 at 12:59
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