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From: grp@unify.uucp (Greg Pasquariello)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Keyboard Translations: X11 & OW2.0-A question
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Date: 20 Aug 90 11:40:04 GMT
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In-Reply-To: wolf@cbnewsh.att.com's message of 17 Aug 90 18:01:19 GMT

In article <1990Aug17.180119.18774@cbnewsh.att.com> wolf@cbnewsh.att.com (thomas.wolf) writes:
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>
>
>   I am running OpenLook 2.0 and have come across a mystifying "incompatability"
>   between the the xnews server and my X11R4 server:
>
>   Under X11R4, I have the following entry in my .Xdefaults file to redefine the
>   F1-F5, F12 keys:
>	   .
>	   .
>   xterm*VT100.Translations:     #override <Key>F12: keymap(psdn)
>   xterm*VT100.psdnKeymap.translations:   <Key>F1: string("aaa") string(0x0d) \n\
>      <Key>F2: string("bbb") string(0x0d) \n\
>      <Key>F3: string("ccc") string(0x0d) \n\
>      <Key>F4: string("ddd") string(0x0d) \n\
>      <Key>F5: string("eee") string(0x0d) \n\
>      <Key>F12: keymap(None) \n
>	   .
>	   .
>   Thus I can switch to my alternate key mappings for F1-F5 by hitting F12
>   (and go back to no translations by pressing F12 again).
>
>   Unfortunately, when I run xnews, this no longer works.  Does anyone know
>   what I need to do to get this to work once more?  Any help would be 
>   appreciated,
>
>   Tom
>

There are 37 function keys on the Sun4 keyboard, while only 35 total function
keysyms specified in the X Protocol.  Therefore, Sun has mapped F11 and F12
to the Keysyms "SunF36" and "SunF37" respectively.  The definitions for these
keysyms is in $OPENWINHOME/include/X11/Sunkeysym.h.

Therefore, your translations should look like...
   
xterm*VT100.Translations:     #override <Key>SunF37: keymap(psdn)
xterm*VT100.psdnKeymap.translations:   <Key>F1: string("aaa") string(0x0d) \n\
     <Key>F2: string("bbb") string(0x0d) \n\
     <Key>F3: string("ccc") string(0x0d) \n\
     <Key>F4: string("ddd") string(0x0d) \n\
     <Key>F5: string("eee") string(0x0d) \n\
     <Key>SunF37: keymap(None) \n

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>   -- 
>   +-------------------------------------+ "Stupid" questions are better than
>   | Thomas Wolf   | (201) 949-8063      | no questions at all. No answer is
>   | Bell Labs, NJ | wolf@spanky.att.com | better than a stupid one.
>   +-------------------------------------+
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-Greg Pasquariello	grp@unify.com