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From: edrbtsn@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Ed Robertson)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: GNU and X's keysyms
Message-ID: <22974@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 6 Jul 89 14:27:14 GMT
Reply-To: edrbtsn@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Ed Robertson)
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
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I am looking for information on how GNU uses X windows' keysym bindings.

For example, the keysym Left (nornally corresponding to the physical
key for left arrow) transmits the character "C-b" (which is  the correct
thing for left-arrow with the default emacs keybindings but not for my
purposes).

In any case, GNU obviously knows that it's dealing with X or with
a VT-100 (emulator), since it overrides defaults set by xrdb.  Knowing
that everything else in GNU has features for generalizing specific 
operations, I assume that GNU has some special hooks for dealing with
X but I can't find any information.  I'ld appreciate pointers.  Thanks.
-- 
	Edward Robertson		robertson@cs.indiana.edu
	Computer Science Dept
	Indiana University		812-855-4954
	Bloomington, IN 47405-4101