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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Multikey maps from xmodmap?
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Date: 5 Mar 90 17:53:21 GMT
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In article <50962@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>, brooks@maddog.llnl.gov (Eugene
Brooks) writes:
> Can xmodmap be used to generate multikey events from the
> function keys?

No.  xmodmap changes the keycode to keysym mapping, which only affects
one character at a time.  To map keystrokes to strings, you should use
the facilities of your terminal emulator (e.g., xterm).  Most provide
some some way of doing this, especially for function keys.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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