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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  ESC key mapping on X-Term with VT keyboard
Message-ID: <9104130211.AA08758@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 13 Apr 91 02:11:15 GMT
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> We just got a bunch of (HDS) X-Terminals with the VT (220?) style
> keyboards.  No ESCape key!!!

Are you sure?  On that style of keyboard, ESC is generally up on one of
the function keys, somewhere around F10 or F11 I think.  Check the
output from xmodmap -pk for an Escape keysym.

> Can I map some other key (like Compose Char) to be the escape?

I would certainly hope so.  The server is permitted to refuse attempts
to remap the keyboard, but I would hope that nobody makes keyboards
that stupid any longer....

> I know I can use xmodmap to do some things, but xmodmap -pk doesn't
> even show a Compose Character key!

The keysym is called Multi_key.  Look for that.  If all else fails,
start xev and try typing things at it.

> Even if it did, I don't think I know how to map something like
> "control-[" to another key.

You can't map control-[ to another key, but you can map Escape.  They
are not the same, though programs that turn keystrokes into ASCII (or
superset-of-ASCII) characters will normally generate the same character
for both.

> BTW, haven't DEC-people ever heard of vi?

I wonder.  (I share your (apparent) opinion of that keyboard.)

					der Mouse

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