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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  XTERM keyboard translations
Message-ID: <9012170443.AA08357@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 17 Dec 90 04:43:04 GMT
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> I want to make xterm translate the "delete" key to the sequence
> <ctrl>-d.

I don't think you can, though you can get it to generate the same
character that Control-plus-d does.

> I can get it to do the translation correctly if I want "delete" to
> translate to "d".  I use the following in .Xdefaults:

>    xterm.translations: #override <Key>Delete: string(d)

> How do I tell xterm that I want the translated value to be ctrl-d?

Try string(0x04) instead - 0x04 being the character code for ^D.

> Where can I find more documentation about this stuff?

I don't know.  The above was picked up by reading xpert (I never use
either xterm or Xt in this sort of depth).

					der Mouse

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