[comp.windows.x] additional keysyms?

grady@fxgrp.fx.com (Steven Grady) (10/14/89)

So I've got a sparcstation sitting on my desk.  The left side of the
keyboard has keys with nifty labels like "Copy", "Paste", and "Cut".
Will R4 contain additional keysyms such as these in the standard
keysymdef file?  I know I could add them, but no standard program
will use them unless they are standardized..

	Steven
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rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (10/15/89)

    Will R4 contain additional keysyms such as these in the standard
    keysymdef file?

Unlikely.  I note that Apollo has registered the following vendor-private keysyms
with us, you could use them:

apXK_Copy               0x1000FF02
apXK_Cut                0x1000FF03
apXK_Paste              0x1000FF04

Or, you could convince Sun to register vendor-private keysyms for their
keyboard.

deboor@buddy.Berkeley.EDU (Adam R de Boor) (10/16/89)

Heck. The SparcStation kernel doesn't even tell X it's got a type 4 keyboard
to deal with (I've told them this), so their registering keysyms is kind of
moot until their kernel gives out the right info.

a
<man who got burned when making the server toggle the CapsLock LED>