[comp.windows.x.motif] translation for <KeyPress>F4

curtz@skat.usc.edu (Curtz Lam) (11/07/90)

	I am trying to set a translation for the F4 key on a Sun Sparc
1+, running motif 1.1.  For some reasons, the action associated with
the F4 key never get called.  I have reduced the application to a
toplevel shell and a push button, but no luck.  After replacing the F4
with F1, F2, ..., it works just as expected.  Is there anything
special about the F4 key or is this a known bug?  I used xev on the F4
key and it did return F4 keysym.  Any ideas?

							Curtz

nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) (11/07/90)

> treggiari@rtl.enet.dec.com pointed out that you can redefine these
> keys by copying one of those file in ./bindings to ~/.motifbind, and
> modify that file to suit your need.
That has got to be the most bizarre way of configuring an application.
~/.motifbind *only* works if you are running Mwm, and it has to be the
1.1 one at that.  Why on earth wasn't the functionality built into
libXm?
					-kee