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From: david@ics.COM (David B. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Backspace Keysym in Athena Text Widget
Summary: BackSpace
Message-ID: <2365@ics.COM>
Date: 14 Aug 89 13:17:28 GMT
References: <8908120624.AA03485@uunet.uu.net>
Organization: Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc., Cambridge MA
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In article <8908120624.AA03485@uunet.uu.net>, mikep@sco.UUCP writes:
> 
> What happen to the Backspace key in the Athena text widget.  I get this when
> using the any Xt (Locus and Motif) running SCO Xenix. 
> 
> X Toolkit Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym: Backspace
> X Toolkit Warning: ... found while parsing '~Shift Meta<Key>Backspace: delete-p revious-word() '
> 
> I never saw this when running on a Sun.  Anyways, I looked at some standard 
> X distrib. stuff in TMParse.c, and sure enough, Backspace isn't there,
> but Delete is.   Meanwhile, Backspace is in the Text widget translation
> table in both doc and code.
> 
> Somebody must of seen this before, but patches 1-10 don't cover it.
> 
> Am I missing something?

From mid-June:

			  X Window System Bug Report
			    xbugs@expo.lcs.mit.edu




VERSION:
    R3, fixes 1-8


AREA:
	Xaw

SYNOPSIS:
	lib/Xaw/TextTr.c uses 'Backspace' for 'BackSpace' keysym name

DESCRIPTION:

TextTr.c:~Shift Meta<Key>Backspace:     delete-previous-word() \n\
TextTr.c: Shift Meta<Key>Backspace:     backward-kill-word() \n\


SAMPLE FIX:
	Change to BackSpace.

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