keyboard error (the strangest thing...)

[Mike Miller]

Is it possible to use xmodmap to assign keys like F1, F2, etc., from the
Win keyboard to perform the function of Copy, Paste, etc. keys on the Sun
keyboard?  I'm using vncviewer on Win to see Xvnc on Solaris 2.6 and can't
figure out how to get Copy, Paste, Front (the three Sun keys I use most).

Mike



On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Grant McDorman wrote:

> The problem is that the xmodmap -e 'keycode 22 = Backspace' is setting key
> #22 to be a Backspace key. If key #22, whatever that is, is not backspace
> things break rather badly - as you saw. Obviously, the standard RH X server
> (XFree86) happens to have key #22 be the backspace key, and the VNC X server
> has it as the '5' key. Other servers will differ: on my Sun Solaris system,
> key #22 is a blank (unlabeled) key in the top row.
> 
> Apparently, this is done because the default assignment for key #22 is not
> backspace; I'd guess it's Del. (For historical reasons, Unix systems often
> swap Backspace and Del). If that's the case, and you want to exchange
> Backspace and Del, a safe (X server independant) way of doing this is
> discussed in the xmodmap manual page.
> 
> A good tool for looking at keymaps is xkeycaps; it's available from
> ftp.x.org as source (and probably various Linux archives in various
> flavours; check freshmeat.net).


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