I have a 6091 hft and I want to map the tab key to a return, a shift
tab to a backslash and a return, PageUp to be the same sequence as
the F7 key and PageDown to be the same sequence as F8. In reading
the responses to other peoples questions I did not come across any
description of assigning escape sequences to a key which I believe
F7 and F8 generate. I believe to set up the tab as a return I use
xmodmap -e "keycode 25 = Return". I am not sure how to do shifted
tab and how to assign both a backslash and a return to the same key.
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A: You can use the following to perform most of the remapping you
require.
keycode 93 = F7
keycode 94 = F8
keycode 24 = Return XXXX
In this example the Prior(Page Up) key is remapped to the F7 keypress
event, the Next(Page Down) key is remapped to the F8 keypress event, and
the Tab key is remapped to the Return event and XXXX. XXXX is any other
keysym available on the system. Unfortunately, the backslash-Return
combination is not a known keysym and this method won't work.
However, I have a (better?) solution for you. I don't like to use
xmodmap since it remaps the entire X server and I usually want to remap
individual clients. To accomplish this I use translation tables. In
your example I used the following:
aixterm -xrm "*aixterm.Translations: #override F11: keymap(new)\
*aixterm.newKeymap.translations:\
Shift F11: keymap(None) \n\
Shift Tab: string(0x5c) string(0x0d) \n\
Tab: string(0x0d) \n\
Prior: string(¬..007q) \n\
¢ this string and the next should read as a circumflex followed
¢ by 2 bracketlefts and 007q or 008q (delete these comments)
Next: string(¬..008q)"
This sequence starts an aixterm with translation table overrides set into
the resources for that one instance of an aixterm. The aixterm behaves
normally until the F11 key is pressed, then the translations are active
until the Shift-F11 combination is pressed.
The Shift-Tab combination is translated to the hex values for the
backslash key and the enter(Return) key.
The Tab key is translated to the hex value for the enter(Return) key.
The Page Up(Prior) key is translated to the escape sequence for the F7
key.
The Page Down(Next) key is translated to the escape sequence for the F8
key.
NOTE: The escape sequences can be entered in vi by pressing the Ctrl-v
combination and then the Esc key.
These translations may be set up like any other resource in your
app-defaults file or in your .Xdefaults file.
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