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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Numeric keypad and making NumLock key work
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Date: 19 Dec 90 20:55:04 GMT
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> Is there a way to set up the numeric keypad so that pressing the
> NumLock key actually makes the keypad send the characters represented
> on top of the key caps (i.e., 0-9.=/*-+) ?

You say you're using Sun SS1+s; I assume you have the type-4 keyboard?

> If this isn't possible, can the keypad be configured (via xmodmap,
> perhaps?  I am rather unfamiliar with that utility) to always send
> those characters?

This is workable.  Try something like the following:

xmodmap - << EOF
keysym R13 = 1
keysym R14 = 2
keysym R15 = 3
keysym R10 = 4
keysym R11 = 5
keysym R12 = 6
....etc
EOF

You will have to fill in the rest of the table, of course; you can use
xev to find out what keys are what.  If this might be run more than
once, you might want to use keycodes instead; xev reports those as
well.

Depending on the application, you might be able to use KP_0, KP_1,
KP_2, etc, instead of 0, 1, 2, etc.  This is to be preferred if it
works, since it involves less lying....

					der Mouse

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