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From: jcarson@moniz.bcm.tmc.edu (Janet L. Carson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: modifiers, keycodes, and keysyms
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Date: 13 Dec 89 23:26:32 GMT
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Could some X-guru please translate the following sentence for me?

"If a colon (:) is specified at the beginning of a modifier
list, it directs the Intrinsics to apply any standard modifiers
in the event to map the event keycode into a keysym."
(from X11R3 X Intrinsics manual, page 120)

I don't understand the phrase "apply any standard modifiers...keysym"

Thanks!
Janet L. Carson                               internet: jcarson@bcm.tmc.edu 
Baylor College of Medicine              uucp: {rutgers,mailrus}!bcm!jcarson