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Date:      Tue, 20 Jan 1998 19:56:42 -0500
From:      Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DOSCMD: How to enable Backspace key?
Message-ID:  <19980120195642.49673@ct.picker.com>
In-Reply-To: <199801190057.LAA00289@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Jan 19, 1998 at 11:27:57AM %2B1030
References:  <19980118172651.35879@ct.picker.com> <199801190057.LAA00289@word.smith.net.au>

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Thanks for responding.

Mike Smith:
 |>      DOSCMD seems to work "much" better than when I tried it last.  I can
 |> get into my favorite spreadsheet and word processor now in FreeBSD.  :-)
 |
 |Yay!
 |
 |> QUESTION #1:
 |> 
 |>      How do I get DOSCMD to use the <Backspace> keysym instead of the
 |>      <Delete> keysym for backspace?
 |> 
 |> The only man page mention pertaining to keys was -r, and I get "mmap:
 |> Invalid argument" when I try that.
 |
 |Yecch, don't do that.  If you are running in an X window, you want to 
 |look at the 'xmodmap' command, which will allow you to frob your 
 |keysyms to your heart's content.

But users shouldn't have to redefine the keycode-to-keysym mappings for
their entire X Display, affecting the KB config for all their other clients,
just for doscmd.

An option to use the backspace key and its default binding to the
<Backspace> keysym as the backspace key in doscmd would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,

Randall




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