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- From: beck@irzr17.inf.tu-dresden.de (Andre Beck)
- Subject: Re: Alt key on my DECstation
- Message-ID: <6IZ8DUW@math.fu-berlin.de>
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- Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, TU Dresden, Germany.
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:40:13 GMT
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- Hi,
-
- the problem is known and is simply to explain: The keys nearer to the
- space bar (the Alt keys) are new to this keyboard at all, as the other
- two (the mode_switch keys, NOT Compose ones) are too.
- In the normal setup, the modifier mapping is bogus, coze the Alt keys
- are mapped to mod2 and the modifieres to mod1, giving the problem of
- most apps thinking the mods are the alts and the alts are for hell...
-
- I run:
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- keycode 113 = Escape F11
- keycode 90 = Break F5
- clear mod1
- clear mod2
- add mod1 = Alt_L Alt_R
- add mod2 = Mode_switch
-
- through xmodmap and than i have:
-
- Two real alt keys
- Two keys that keep their function as mode switches. Decwrite beeps on
- them, but you can use them still for the extra chars.
- A compose key by pressing Alt Space as on the older keyboards.
-
- Hope this helps you (as you see, also a physical ESC key is set onto F11)
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