coop@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Cooperate) (03/20/91)
Hi, I need some background information on keyboard mapping and keysym. I want to know if there is any rule for keyboard mapping and if there is, is there any corelation between keyboard mapping on different machines( DEC, SGI, SUN , HP) so that I can translate the keypress event from one server to be understood by another server. Thanks in advance.
klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) (03/20/91)
In article <1462@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu>, coop@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Cooperate) writes: |> I need some background information on keyboard mapping and keysym. |> I want to know if there is any rule for keyboard mapping and if there is, |> is there any corelation between keyboard mapping on different machines( DEC, |> SGI, SUN , HP) so that I can translate the keypress event from one server |> to be understood by another server. KeySyms are device-independent and should be valid for any hardware. KeyCodes, on the other hand, are device-dependent, so you should try hard not to use them. X provides KeyCode to KeySym translation functions so clients should not have to work with KeyCodes. -- Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee