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Article #3754Alt key on my DECstation
From: M Darrin Chaney
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:30
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:30
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Here's a question that I hope someone can answer. I've got a DECstation 5000/120 running Ultrix 4.2a. My keyboard, an LK401-AA (Rev. A01) comes complete with two Compose keys and two Alt keys. Unfortunately, all applications that have a use for both (DECwrite, for instance) insist on making me use the Compose key for both. If I hold it, and press another key, it is an Alt key. If I press it and let it up, it's a Compose key. The same holds true for things like Mwm which has a use only for Alt. I have to use Compose in its place for things like the window menus (minimize, maximize, etc.) I'd like to be able to use the Alt key for its functions, and the Compose key for its functions. I've dug through all the possible files that I could think of, and I can't find anything that says "this workstation's keyboard has an Alt key" or "this workstation's keyboard doesn't have an Alt key." Anyone have any ideas? Thanks- Darrin -- mdchaney@iubacs mdchaney@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu mdchaney@rose.ucs.indiana.edu "I want- I need- to live, to see it all..."
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!fractal!mdchaney From: mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney) Subject: Alt key on my DECstation Message-ID: <Bxtvq6.Ew2@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: fractal.ucs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:30:06 GMT Lines: 26