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From: DAVIS@scrvx2.sdr.slb.COM
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: KeySyms and KeyCodes
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Date: 15 Mar 88 09:00:00 GMT
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having finally satisfied myself that there is no way in 10.4 to activate
a few of the Sun 3 keyboard function keys, I have resigned myself to awaiting
our decision to move to the new release. 

However, a fundamental question remains in my mind - what is the lowest
level in all this ? Is KeyCode x02020 or whatever what's actaully generated
when I press a given key on the keyboard, or is this yet another mapping
from a terminal dependent sequence to some defined table of KeyCodes ? 

This doesn't bother me too much, especially since I moved back to Suntools
given the instability of 10.4's windows on our Sun's (ie; resize, and if the
xterm cursor hangs around a moment too long, you *know* you've lost the
window!), but it would be nice to know - backgrarnd, lahk.....

Paul Davis
Schlumberger Cambridge Research,
England.

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