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- From: epeas@abds7.aberdeen.chevron.com (John Peach)
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- Subject: Re: Alt key on my DECstation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.090434@abds7.aberdeen.chevron.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 09:04:34 GMT
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- In article <Bxtvq6.Ew2@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney) writes:
- |> Here's a question that I hope someone can answer. I've got a DECstation
- |> 5000/120 running Ultrix 4.2a. My keyboard, an LK401-AA (Rev. A01) comes
- |> complete with two Compose keys and two Alt keys. Unfortunately, all
- |> applications that have a use for both (DECwrite, for instance) insist on
- |> making me use the Compose key for both. If I hold it, and press another
- |> key, it is an Alt key. If I press it and let it up, it's a Compose key.
- |> The same holds true for things like Mwm which has a use only for Alt. I
- |> have to use Compose in its place for things like the window menus (minimize,
- |> maximize, etc.)
- |>
- |> I'd like to be able to use the Alt key for its functions, and the Compose
- |> key for its functions. I've dug through all the possible files that I
- |> could think of, and I can't find anything that says "this workstation's
- |> keyboard has an Alt key" or "this workstation's keyboard doesn't have an
- |> Alt key."
- |>
- |> Anyone have any ideas?
- |>
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- .X11Startup...
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- xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc
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- .xmodmaprc...
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- keycode 172 = Meta_L
- keycode 178 = Meta_R
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-
- or whatever you want the alt keys to do.
-
- |> Thanks-
- |>
- |> Darrin
- |> --
- |>
- |> mdchaney@iubacs mdchaney@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu mdchaney@rose.ucs.indiana.edu
- |>
- |> "I want- I need- to live, to see it all..."
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