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- From: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
- Subject: Re: How to use the ALT-key to produce 8-Bit Chars in xterm
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.210131.29286@osf.org>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.hp,comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix
- Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System)
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:01:31 GMT
- Lines: 101
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- Sorry; I should have crossposted this, which also appear in comp.windows.x...
-
- After some experimentation, I came up with this set of xmodmap commands.
- It's still not quite right. It works on my HP keyboard, with the
- standard HP server that has its own idea of what the extend-char
- character set should be (for example, extend-c is c-cedilla, even though
- there's no c-cedilla engraving).
-
- What this gets me is the ability to use xterm, emacs and Xt-based
- programs without long lists of bindings for any of them. In Xt
- programs, I use the left meta-key for accelerators, and the right
- meta-key for 8-bit insertion. Or is it the other way round? It's still
- not quite right: meta-> and meta-< don't work.
-
- In emacs, set meta-flag true, and use the ^Q prefix to insert 8-bit
- characters. In xterm, eightBitInput is true.
-
- And make sure your fonts match your intentions.
- --------
- ! Here's what this achieves:
- ! xterm can use right or left
- ! emacs uses right
- ! toolkit uses left for Meta translations, right for input
-
- clear mod1
- clear mod2
-
- ! These are keycodes for the HP 46021A
- keycode 10 = Mode_switch Meta_R
- keycode 11 = Meta_L
- keycode 54 = VoidSymbol
- add mod1 = Meta_L Meta_R
- add mod2 = Mode_switch
-
- ! Undo the HP keyboard 8-bit mapping
- keysym A = a A aacute
- keysym B = b B acircumflex
- keysym C = c C atilde
- keysym D = d D adiaeresis
- keysym E = e E aring
- keysym F = f F ae
- keysym G = g G ccedilla
- keysym H = h H egrave
- keysym I = i I eacute
- keysym J = j J ecircumflex
- keysym K = k K ediaeresis
- keysym L = l L igrave
- keysym M = m M iacute
- keysym N = n N icircumflex
- keysym O = o O idiaeresis
- keysym P = p P eth
- keysym Q = q Q ntilde
- keysym R = r R ograve
- keysym S = s S oacute
- keysym T = t T ocircumflex
- keysym U = u U otilde
- keysym V = v V odiaeresis
- keysym W = w W division multiply
- keysym X = x X oslash
- keysym Y = y Y ugrave
- keysym Z = z Z uacute
- keysym bracketleft = bracketleft braceleft Ucircumflex ucircumflex
- keysym backslash = backslash bar Udiaeresis udiaeresis
- keysym bracketright = bracketright braceright Yacute yacute
-
- keysym grave = grave asciitilde agrave thorn
- keysym 1 = 1 exclam plusminus exclamdown
- keysym 2 = 2 at twosuperior Agrave
- keysym 3 = 3 numbersign threesuperior sterling
- keysym 4 = 4 dollar acute currency
- keysym 5 = 5 percent mu yen
- keysym 6 = 6 asciicircum paragraph THORN
- keysym 7 = 7 ampersand periodcentered brokenbar
- keysym 8 = 8 asterisk cedilla ordfeminine
- keysym 9 = 9 parenleft onesuperior diaeresis
- keysym 0 = 0 parenright degree copyright
- keysym minus = minus underscore ssharp ydiaeresis
- keysym equal = equal plus onehalf guillemotleft
- keysym semicolon = semicolon colon guillemotright masculine
- keysym apostrophe = apostrophe quotedbl section cent
- keysym comma = comma less notsign onequarter
- keysym period = period greater registered threequarters
- keysym slash = slash question macron questiondown
-
- ! These are specific to the HP keyboard...
- ! Reset/Break added as Escape (easy to swipe it).
- keycode 15 = Escape
-
- ! Print/Enter becomes DEL (easier then shift-esc, and no vuewm menu clash)
- keycode 87 = Delete
-
- ! Disable Caps key. Generating void is an optional extra; I'd rather not.
- clear lock
- !keycode 55 = VoidSymbol
-
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