harbo@diku.dk (Klaus Harbo) (03/12/91)
We have several DECstations, and I want to turn key repeat on for some of the keys above arrow-keys, but I have been unable to recover any information about this. Note that it is *not* the general turning on or off of key repeat, but turning it on or off for specific keys on the keyboard. - I think that there must some configuration file describing this, since some keys by default have key repeat and some not (e.g. Return). Please reply by e-mail. Thanks in advance. Klaus Harbo Euromath Center <harbo@euromath.dk> or <harbo@diku.dk> -- | Klaus Harbo | | | Euromath Center | e-mail: harbo@euromath.dk | | Universitetsparken 5 | phone: +45 3135 3133 ext. 417 | | DK-2100 Copenhagen | fax: +45 3135 0427 |
jg@jg.crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys) (03/12/91)
In article <1991Mar11.165600.3792@odin.diku.dk> harbo@diku.dk (Klaus Harbo) writes: >We have several DECstations, and I want to turn key repeat on for some of the >keys above arrow-keys, but I have been unable to recover any information about >this. Note that it is *not* the general turning on or off of key repeat, but >turning it on or off for specific keys on the keyboard. > The way the keyboard is driven in the current device drivers makes it very difficult to do what you want; the keyboard is an arcane beast. The new multi-screen device driver that will start appearing as multi-screen support happens drives the keyboard in a different way and allows full control of auto-repeat on a per key basis; the "xset" command will then allow you to control each key. This driver also replaces the current device driver on the DS2100/DS3100 in Ultrix 4.2. So the best I can tell you right now is "fixed in future release". - Jim Gettys Digital Equipment Corporation Cambridge Research Lab. -- Digital Equipment Corporation Cambridge Research Laboratory