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- From: andrewr@iagu.itd.adelaide.edu.au (Andrew Rutherford)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix
- Subject: Re: Alt key on my DECstation
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 19:45:57 GMT
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- M Darrin Chaney (mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote:
-
- + 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.)
-
- Try this:
-
- /usr/bin/X11/xmodmap \
- -e "clear mod1" \
- -e "clear mod2" \
- -e "add mod1 = Alt_L Alt_R" \
- -e "add mod2 = Multi_key Multi_key"
-
- I had problems with emacs wanting me to press the compose key for
- Meta, and I discovered emacs assumes that the modifier mod1 is the Alt
- keys, and that Dec's Xws starts up with Compose (otherwise known as
- Multi_key) as mod1 and Alt as mod2. The above swaps them around.
-
- Note: this works for me with the Xws and emacs that DEC
- provide with OSF/1, your mileage may vary with apps other than emacs.
- Mwm also understands the Alt as Alt once you've done this.
-
- Possible suggestion for DEC: It would be nice if you changed
- the Xserver so the keys defaulted to that way around so that your own
- apps work correctly. On the other hand, I mentioned this to my local
- DEC office back in May (when I got OSF/1, I seem to recall hitting the
- same problem in Ultrix before then), so something may be being done
- about it.
-
- Cya all,
- Andrew.
-
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