NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/os/vms/20736

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From: [e-mail]     (John LoSecco)
Subject: How to run DECwindows clients on non-dec workstations
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:09:30 GMT
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We have numerous non dec workstations, sun, IBM, Silicon Graphics, HP.
We would like to run DECwindows clients, such as DECterm on these
workstaions.  The problem is DEC provides no ``supported'' way to map
the keyboard on the VMS version.  (The ultrix manual even includes an
example to do remapping.)

The biggest, but not only, problem is DEC's use of the non standard rubout
for delete and not the backspace.  Most of our systems are unix or PC based
and come with keyboards that emit backspace.  The only solution DEC
would propose is to use xmodmap to remap the server's keys.  This blows away
most local use and use on other unix clients, without a great deal of remapping.

Surely, since DECwindows originated with xwindows, there is an ``unofficial''
way to remap the client keyboard.

Our present access to vax is via telnet in an xterm window with a remapped
keyboard.  We would like to use X too.

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John M. LoSecco            Phone:[phone]          Fax:[phone]
Physics Department        HEPnet/SPAN: UNDHEP::LOSECCO or 47344::LOSECCO
University of Notre Dame        Internet: [e-mail]
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 USA        Bitnet: losecco@undhep