ramsdell@linus.UUCP (10/28/87)
I am an X neophite converting to X11R1. I have figured out how to get bigger fonts, and am in the process of making Emacs work under X11. I use a Dvorak keyboard on a Sun. The map is done in the Sun software and is invisable to all applications except X. My question is how to I get X to do the map. Conceptually, the map from a QWERTY to a Dvorak keyboard is independent of the hardware in use. That is, all key presses that generate characters printed with "d" (like Cntl-D, D, Meta-D ...) should be mapped into characters associated with "e", for example. I assume, therefore, that the window managers are the logical place for the mapping. None allow such a map as far as I can see. If it is assumed that the server is to do the map, then I must focus on Xsun in my case. Xmodmap does not seem to allow the changes. (Maybe I am having trouble reading the documentation for xmodmap--please correct me if xmodmap can modify the map for Xsun.) I am at a loss how to make Xsun do the map short of modifying the hard coded keymap. I do not want my own version of Xsun running on my machine as others would have trouble using it. John PS. Is there a version of xdvi running under X11R1 using gf or pxl fonts?