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From: geek@mit-amt (Chris Schmandt)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Keyboardless twm
Message-ID: <3678@mit-amt>
Date: 31 Mar 89 16:32:35 GMT
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Reply-To: geek@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Chris Schmandt)
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Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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>When using twm, I am not able to get a response from keyboard input
>Mouse input works fine and windows raise/lower/iconify/etc. as expected;
>however, when I type something, the raised window fails to recognize it.

Do you define a non-existent key in your .twmrc?  For example, I don't
like the placement of the function keys on my 386i keyboard, and wanted
to disable them.  So I put in a line like:
"F1"    :window   :f.nop

This is fine.  BUT, if a take a .twmrc re-defining F10 so, which
works fine on a 386i, and use it on a Sun 3/60, which has no F10
key, gonzo, same symptoms you describe.

This bug was dissected and a patch posted to this news group some
months ago.

chris