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RE: Xterminal
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:41:14 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: RE: Xterminal
- References: <3F552713.4060101@telia.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Ingvaldur Sigurjónsson wrote:
> shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
> lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
> control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
> mod1 Alt_L (0x40)
> mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
> mod3
> mod4 Super_L (0x73), Super_R (0x74)
> mod5 BadKey (0x71)
for me it is (de layout)
xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4 Super_L (0x73), Super_R (0x74)
mod5 ISO_Level3_Shift (0x71)
> (Who is this BadKey guy ?)
>
> I've tried modifiying the keyboard with setxkbmap.exe like the following
> setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model compaqeak8 -layout "se,us_intl" -option
> "grp alt_shift_toggle"
>
> and then shifting with alt-shift between the SE and us_intl but nothing
> happens.
>
> I've tried to manipulate the settings through various modifications with
> xmodmap, but without success.
>
> It seems like the XFree86 4.3 version is not compatible with clients
> compiled/linked with pre- 4.3 version.
The XFree-lib-compat package provides dlls with the old naming scheme and
I've not expirienced any problems with older programs using these libraries.
> It works when I'm running Debian GNU/Linux with XFree86 4.2nnn, as it
> did when I ran Cygwin/XFree86 4.2 before upgrading to 4.3.
>
> I've run the 'xev' on both cygwin and OpenVMS where as the cygwin gives
> me the correct:
> <snip>
> KeyPress event, serial 22, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
> root 0x3a, subw 0xa00002, time 2776000, (59,55), root:(65,78),
> state 0x0, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift),
> same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""
>
> KeyPress event, serial 22, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
> root 0x3a, subw 0xa00002, time 2776031, (59,55), root:(65,78),
> state 0x80, keycode 13 (keysym 0x24, dollar), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 1 bytes: "$"
> <snip>
>
> and the latter (OpenVMS) gives me something like:
> <snip>
> KeyPress event, serial 22, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
> root 0x3a, subw 0xa00002, time 2776000, (59,55), root:(65,78),
> state 0x0, keycode 113 (keysym 0xfe03, unknown), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""
There is a file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB. when adding the following line
on VMS then the keysym should be recognized.
ISO_Level3_Shift :0000FE03
bye
ago
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