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From: elric@imryrr.Eng.Sun.COM (Rick Heli)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: Help key in Open Look
Message-ID: <8797@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 28 Feb 91 01:59:06 GMT
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In article <1526@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com> jack@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com (Jack Gidding) writes:
>In our .xinitrc file we use the following line to set the Help key in Open Look
>to the F1 key. Is there any way that I can map this key to be the Help key on  
>the left hand side of the keyboard? I occasionally hit the F1 key by mistake 
>and would like to avoid getting a Help window *unless* I hit the Help key.
>
>.xinitrc lines:
>
># Install function key "F1" as an Open Look "Help" key
># This precludes its use by applications
># If your applications use F1 for anything else, comment out the following line
>xmodmap -e 'keysym F1 = Help'

If you comment out the "xmodmap" line, "F1" will no longer act as a Help
key (though "Help" will certainly continue to work in that role).

That's what the .xinitrc comment is trying to explain.


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						Rick Heli
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