[comp.sys.hp] HP 9000/345 keyboard mapping

oun@cl.bull.fr (Jean-Luc Oun) (12/07/90)

   Could some kind soul tell me how to remap the keyboard sequence generated
   by the "Back space" button of a HP 9000/345 keyboard.

   Right now, the "Back space" generates the chareacter "^H". So in emacs 
   18.55, instead of deleting the last char, it just calls the help-for-help
   Emacs-lisp function. and it drives me crazy :-( :-(

   I would like the "Back space" generates another character than "^H", let's
   say "^?".    
   I do not want to rebind by emacs lisp the "^H" key to backward-delete-
   char-untabify, neither backward-delete-char, just in order not to change
   the standard ^H binding of help-for-help. 

   
   Thanks in advance for your hints and suggestions.

		Jean-Luc


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walt@bcarh133.uucp (Walt Sullivan) (12/11/90)

In article <409@clbull.cl.bull.fr> oun@cl.bull.fr (Jean-Luc Oun) writes:

      Could some kind soul tell me how to remap the keyboard sequence generated
      by the "Back space" button of a HP 9000/345 keyboard.

      Right now, the "Back space" generates the chareacter "^H". So in emacs 
      18.55, instead of deleting the last char, it just calls the help-for-help
      Emacs-lisp function. and it drives me crazy :-( :-(

For exactly the same reason, I rebound my "Back Space" key to send DEL. I don't
know if this will help you, because my soultion works with X Windows (X11R2). In
mt .login file, I do:

xmodmap .keymap.km

where .keymap.km contains:
!
!	Walt's xmodmap keymap modification file
!
! get rid of the stupid Caps Lock key
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
!
! make the Back space key send me a DEL
keycode 101 = Delete

You'll notice that I disable the Caps Lock key, too. I'm a clumsy typist at the
best of times, and was very tired of trying to hit CTRL-something and ending up
TYPING EVERYTHING ELSE IN CAPS!



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