Make The Function (Fn) Key Available?

Ideas & suggestions
1

Is it too late to make the FN-key (Function Key, on MAC keyboards) assignable for the next release candidate?
Right now, when I reassign keys in preferences, Renoise doesn’t seem to find the key at all?
It’s placed right above the DELETE-key on my keyboard, and should be a good replacement for the INSERT-key for PC versions.
As a former PC user I would find this very intuitive.

2

if I’m not mistaken, it’s a modifier key, like Alt. It works in combination with other keys.

3

Yes, this key is like Shift, Alt, CTRL, and can’t be assigned.

The FN key toggles the Function Keys. For example, when you press F3 (on a newer mac) you get Exposé. However, if your press Fn-F3 you get regular F3; in renoise this allows you to cut/copy/paste stuff.

4

if you install a pretty cool app, you can map Fn to insert - the key itself as a modifier-key will work normally, but renoise will be only too happy to allow Fn to be insert in the pattern editor. the (free) tool was called:
KeyRemap4MacBook

have fun!
(of course it’d be nice if renoise would allow for directly using Fn and Eject and map those to specific features, but ohwell…)

5

Well, I can’t use the FN button for anything. Not even in the ways I can use COMMAND, ALT, CTRL etc…

Thanks, I’ll try it out.