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From: jab0396@cec1.wustl.edu (John A. Breen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: xterm PF1-PF4 keys
Keywords: xterm X function keys
Message-ID: <1991Jan18.182209.19823@cec1.wustl.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 91 18:22:09 GMT
References: <1991Jan16.232403.16478@cec1.wustl.edu> <4f438fc0.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
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In article <4f438fc0.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> weber_w@apollo.hp.com writes:
>
>In article <1991Jan16.232403.16478@cec1.wustl.edu>, John A. Breen writes:
>|> Are the VT100 PF1-PF4 keys defined in the Apollo version of xterm?
>[...]
>
>[Use] "xmodmap" in order to simulate the keys which are not physically present
>on the Apollo keyboard (PF1-PF4 as an example).
>
>Since you are running in a "dm owns root" configuration, you'll need to take
>into account the "keyboard.config" file [...] 
>Looking at the
>include file keysymdef.h, you see "#define XK_KP_F1 0xFF91" which is the entry
>for "keypad function key 1" - also known as PF1[...].
>[Y]ou could invoke it as < xmodmap -e "keycode 158 = KP_F1" >
>[...]
>...walt...
>

Thanks for the assistance.  It worked just as you said.

However, since we're on the subject, I'm still curious why the approach I had
tried didn't work.  Basically, I attempted to bind (if that's the correct term)
the escape sequence character string to the function key (which is recognized
by X according to the keyboard.config file).  I used the example in the xterm
man page verbatim (except for changing the function key names to ones that
existed), as well as various modifications, but no response (BTW, I put this
in my .Xdefaults file; is that the wrong place?).

Although I don't need it now, I would like to know how to bind arbitrary
strings for future reference.


Thanks again.

John Breen		jab0396@cec1.wustl.edu		johnb@hobbes.mdc.com