nazgul@alfalfa.com (Kee Hinckley) (02/27/91)
I have two oddities with Virtual Key Bindings in Motif 1.1. One definitely looks like a
Motif bug, the other one I don't understand.
o Cut works in read-only text widgets. It ought presumbably do a Copy, but
actually it just nukes the whole thing, even though it's "readonly".
o The Apollo keyboard has Cut/Copy/Paste keys (as well as a lot of other
handy ones). Cut, as it happens, is Shift Copy. I'm not sure if that's
relevant or not. Anyway. If I define the Cut and Copy keys appropriately,
both keys do a Cut. If I define Cut to be Shift<Key>Copy, then it doesn't
do anything at all. Is this an Apollo specific problem, or a more generic
confusion? (And in either case, what can I do about it.)
While I'm at it. I can't seem to get Help to work on the Help key, and
I can't find a keyname for the Enter key anywhere.
For those who are curious and don't have an Apollo. Here's the kind of
keyboard that 10 years of a graphical windowing system produces:
Left hand side (some names appear on two lines, some are two functions,
one the shift of the other - which is which should be fairly obvious):
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Ins Line Char [*Not* the same as Delete]
Mark Del Del
Cut Undo Move
Copy Paste Grow
|<- Shell ->| [Begin of line, end of line]
Cmd
<- (boxed) ^ -> (boxed) [Scroll left, scroll right]
<- Next ->
Window
^ (boxed) v v (boxed) [Scroll up, scroll down]
---
10 Function keys on the top.
On the right, next to the shift key, a Pop key.
Upper right row:
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Again Read Save Abort Help
Edit Exit Hold
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You too can manipulate all of your windows and text without ever touching
the mouse. Not to worry though. HP will soon be taking them all away I'm sure.
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I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.hamilton@alfalfa.com (James A. Hamilton) (02/28/91)
> While I'm at it. I can't seem to get Help to work on the Help key, and > I can't find a keyname for the Enter key anywhere. Using xev, I get the following: KeyPress event, serial 12, synthetic NO, window 0x500001, root 0x80069, subw 0x0, time 10134347, (124,118), root:(226,220), state 0x0, keycode 177 (keysym 0xff8d, KP_Enter), same_screen YES, " XLookupString gives 1 characters: " KeyRelease event, serial 14, synthetic NO, window 0x500001, root 0x80069, subw 0x0, time 10138829, (124,118), root:(226,220), state 0x0, keycode 177 (keysym 0xff8d, KP_Enter), same_screen YES, " XLookupString gives 1 characters: " and KeyPress event, serial 12, synthetic NO, window 0x500001, root 0x80069, subw 0x0, time 10202643, (81,118), root:(183,220), state 0x0, keycode 184 (keysym 0xffe2, Shift_R), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 characters: "" KeyPress event, serial 14, synthetic NO, window 0x500001, root 0x80069, subw 0x0, time 10203542, (81,118), root:(183,220), state 0x1, keycode 162 (keysym 0xff6a, Help), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 characters: "" KeyRelease event, serial 14, synthetic NO, window 0x500001, root 0x80069, subw 0x0, time 10203787, (81,118), root:(183,220), state 0x1, keycode 162 (keysym 0xff6a, Help), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 characters: "" KeyRelease event, serial 14, synthetic NO, window 0x500001, root 0x80069, subw 0x0, time 10205432, (81,118), root:(183,220), state 0x1, keycode 184 (keysym 0xffe2, Shift_R), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 characters: "" Do you need something further? > Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix > nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere > 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | info@alfalfa.com > > I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept > responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate > everyone else's. >