randy@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (RANDALL SCHRICKEL ) (04/12/91)
We just got a bunch of (HDS) X-Terminals with the VT (220?) style keyboards. No ESCape key!!! Control-[ seems to work, but that's not very nice. Can I map some other key (like Compose Char) to be the escape? I know I can use xmodmap to do some things, but xmodmap -pk doesn't even show a Compose Character key! Even if it did, I don't think I know how to map something like "control-[" to another key. Thanx for any help. BTW, haven't DEC-people ever heard of vi?
mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) (04/13/91)
> We just got a bunch of (HDS) X-Terminals with the VT (220?) style > keyboards. No ESCape key!!! Are you sure? On that style of keyboard, ESC is generally up on one of the function keys, somewhere around F10 or F11 I think. Check the output from xmodmap -pk for an Escape keysym. > Can I map some other key (like Compose Char) to be the escape? I would certainly hope so. The server is permitted to refuse attempts to remap the keyboard, but I would hope that nobody makes keyboards that stupid any longer.... > I know I can use xmodmap to do some things, but xmodmap -pk doesn't > even show a Compose Character key! The keysym is called Multi_key. Look for that. If all else fails, start xev and try typing things at it. > Even if it did, I don't think I know how to map something like > "control-[" to another key. You can't map control-[ to another key, but you can map Escape. They are not the same, though programs that turn keystrokes into ASCII (or superset-of-ASCII) characters will normally generate the same character for both. > BTW, haven't DEC-people ever heard of vi? I wonder. (I share your (apparent) opinion of that keyboard.) der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu