Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 17:31:24 +0100 From: "Aleksandar Simic'" <alex@frustum.clara.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru> Subject: Re: X key bindings Message-ID: <20010405173124.B14298@frustum.clara.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104052020020.29668-100000@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>; from kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:22:54PM %2B0400 References: <20010405171920.A14298@frustum.clara.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104052020020.29668-100000@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>
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On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:22:54PM +0400, Alexey Koptsevich wrote: > > > > I would like to use Alt_R as a modifier with olvwm (on x86 keyboard). But > > > 'man olvwmrc' says that it uses only the following keys as "modifiers: > > > Shift, Control, Alt, Meta, Hyper, Super, Shift Lock, or Caps Lock". > > > > > > May I map Hyper or Super to Alt_R somehow? > > > > Yes, you certainly can. Try using xmodmap(1), or if you don't find the > > command line appealing you can try xkeycaps from ports: > > /usr/ports/x11/xkeycaps/ > > I have already tried it, but the problem is that Hyper/Super keysyms are > absent in the map: > > >xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_R = Hyper" > xmodmap: commandline:0: bad keysym target keysym 'Alt_R', no > corresponding keycodes > xmodmap: 1 error encountered, aborting. > > How can I introduce these keysyms? Try this: $ cd $ xmodmap -pke > .xmodmap $ emacs .xmodmap & and then edit the values that you want. Good luck, --Alex -- M-x spook -- Paula Corbin Jones Khaddafi North Korea explosion domestic disruption militia kill Americans Kosovo New World Order Janet Reno To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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