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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

227.0. "Customize root window terminal attributes?" by ULTRA::ELLIS (David Ellis) Thu Feb 16 1989 11:31

In Ultrix V2.2, UWS V1.1, under Version 10 of X windows, there was a ".Xkeymap"
file that controlled the translation of keys pressed on the keyboard.

Is there anything analogous that runs under DECwindows?  My specific interest
is being able to set the _root_ window for application keypad instead of
numeric keypad.  The xemacs program inherits its window's terminal attributes
from the root window rather than from the terminal window from which it is
invoked.  Can terminal attributes (including keyboard setting and mapping)
for the root window be customized from the .Xdefaults file?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
227.1	Try xmodmap or emacs' keymaps	FLUME::dike		`Thu Feb 16 1989 12:18`	5
	You can probably get the effect of .Xkeymap with a suitable application of xmodmap. If you're only interested in xemacs, then with a little playing around with its keymaps. Jeff
227.2	xmodmap?	ULTRA::ELLIS	David Ellis	`Thu Feb 16 1989 12:36`	10
	I don't see xmodmap in the UWS V2.0 documentation. The Xlib guide does have several functions dealing with an XModifierKeymap structure, and to use these requires the writing of application code. Using the xemacs keymaps seems to be like changing the barn door lock after the horses have escaped: by the time xemacs gets something to translate, the keypad key has already been translated into its numeric key equivalent. What am I missing here?
227.3	try *Text.translations:	RAVINE::jeanne	Jeanne --DTN 381-1604	`Thu Feb 16 1989 16:27`	9
	>Can terminal attributes (including keyboard setting and mapping) >for the root window be customized from the .Xdefaults file? Yes. Check the .Xdefaults file in /usr/skel for sample resource specifications that change key mapping. -j
227.4	I don't think translations are the question	FLUME::dike		`Thu Feb 16 1989 17:05`	10
	As near as I can remember, the .Xkeymap file was used for what X11 calls KeyCode to KeySym translation. The toolkit translations translate from KeySym to toolkit actions. In any case, it is irrelevant because emacs is not a toolkit application. As for the keypad, I don't know. The server is returning distinct KeyCodes for the keypad. It just doesn't appear to let you treat them as different from the normal numbers. Jeff
227.5	xmodmap in /usr/bin	SMURF::HOFFMAN	anywhere in the universe	`Fri Feb 24 1989 17:13`	6
	re .2 xmodmap is among the unsupported MIT X applications which shipped with UWS V2.0. John