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I've set up an Bitvise SSH server in Windows 7 and it works well except I can't control FAR Manager from PuTTY by sending Alt-F1 and Alf-F2 keystrokes. What to do?

Paul
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  • `Alt`+something keys are usually caught by the system and not send over. There is no problem with `Fn` keys only, as I just tried. Consider trying `mc`, which should do similar thing and works fine over ssh (as it is proved by many generations). – Jakuje Dec 13 '15 at 18:58
  • You can do that programmatically instead –  Dec 13 '15 at 19:17
  • @Jakuje , latest (as for Jan 2018) `mc` (Midnight Commander) does not work for me on Putty (Kitty actually) when connecting to Windows Bitvise SSH Server. – Sopalajo de Arrierez Jan 11 '18 at 23:17
  • Some applications expect `Alt` to send an ASCII escape character before the special key (such as `F1`), and (because this is not a realistic assumption) will often wait long enough for you to just press *Escape* followed by the special key. – Thomas Dickey Jan 14 '18 at 18:22
  • There is chas sequences to do it but they seems to work only with english keyboard... – MUY Belgium Mar 01 '19 at 14:11

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