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From: gildea@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Stephen Gildea)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Shift-Key + Funktion-Key under xterm
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Date: 20 Mar 91 23:09:37 GMT
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    Is it possible to assign a different key-code to Shift_L Cursor_Right.
    
    (Background : we have an application program, which uses the keys as
                  followed:
    
                  Cursor-Right:   1 character right
                  Shift_L Cursor_Right: go to end of line
    )


You don't want to do this with key-codes and xmodmap, as (I'm
guessing) you are trying.  Instead use a translation table for your
application.  The translation table syntax is rich and allows you to
specify different actions depending on the state of modifier keys
(such as Shift).  If your application runs under xterm, write a table
for xterm that translates key combinations into the character
sequences your program needs to see by using xterm's "string" action.

For example:

myapp*Translations: #override\
   <Shift>Right:    forward-char() \n\
   <Key>Right:      end-of-line() \n


 < Stephen
   MIT X Consortium