russ@DASH.MITRE.ORG (Russell Leighton) (12/30/89)
We have recently installed XNeWS FCS (First Customer Release). There is a problem that is NOT in the "special" release that is greatly annoying the users of the system. The arrow keys (r10, r8 ,r12, r14) no longer function in "xterm" windows. This means no arrow keys for Emacs but more importantly we have a group that makes extensive use of Matlab, whose line editing uses these keys. This may seem like a little problem but these people are very annoyed. How can I fix this? Did I not do something in the installation? Does the termcap need updating? Is this another of Sun's xnews "features" (like slowness, hogging memory, etc.). Frustrated.
tam2@rruxi.bae.bellcore.com (Wai Nam Tam) (12/30/89)
I encountered the same problem on my Sun 3/60 running the FCS version of XNEWS. The arrow keys can be mapped using the "xmodmap" program. For the keyboard on my Sun 3/60 (Tyoe 3). Put the following in a file and then execute the "xmodmap" program on it. keycode 76=Up F28 keycode 98=Left F30 keycode 100=Right F32 keycode 120=Down F34 I just setup my Sparcstation 1 and have not had a chance to try the XNEWS stuff on it yet, so I don't know if the arrow keys are mapped for that server. If you have problems, check out the man page on "xmodmap". That's where I found all the info that I needed. Also, you can use the "xev" program to find out the "keycode value" for each key on the keyboard. If you want to check out the current key mappings, use "xmodmap -pk". I hope this helps. Wai Nam Tam tam2@rruxi.bae.bellcore.com ...!bellcore!rruxi!tam2 Standard disclaimers apply ...
bochner@lange.harvard.edu (Harry Bochner) (01/03/90)
When trying out XNeWS I've found that the server seems to be ignoring the caps lock key. Is there perhaps a fix involving keyboard remapping, similar to the fix that was posted for the arrow key problem? Harry Bochner bochner@endor.harvard.edu