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From: richard@torch.UUCP (Richard Nuttall)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Sun Type 4 Keyboad and X
Message-ID: <368@torch.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 89 11:37:15 GMT
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wwc@boole.ece.wisc.edu (William W. Carlson) writes:

>...  I would like the "num lock"
>key to have the "desired" effect, that is, when num lock is on, the
>keypad goes into numbers mode.  Can I do this easily/at all in X and
>xterm?

Add the following to your .Xdefaults file or put it in the app-defaults/XTerm
file.

XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
   <Key>Num_Lock: keymap(numbers)
XTerm*VT100.numbersKeymap.translations: \
   <Key>KP_1: string("1") \n\
   <Key>KP_2: string("2") \n\
   <Key>KP_3: string("3") \n\
   <Key>KP_4: string("4") \n\
   <Key>KP_5: string("5") \n\
   <Key>KP_6: string("6") \n\
   <Key>KP_7: string("7") \n\
   <Key>KP_8: string("8") \n\
   <Key>KP_9: string("9") \n\
   <Key>KP_0: string("0") \n\
   <Key>Num_Lock: keymap(None)

The mechanism is documented in the xterm man page.
The function keys can likewise be defined.

>On a related issue, some of the left keys have legends like "front",
>"open", etc.  In sunview, these have the action of performing the
>appropriate window functions (like just press front to bring the
>current window to the top).  Is there any way I can get these keys
>through to the window manager and have it do the appropriate thing in
>X?

I haven't found a way to do this yet, at least not with awm.


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