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In article <Bxtvq6.Ew2@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney) writes:
|> 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?
|> 

.X11Startup...


xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc

.xmodmaprc...


keycode 172 = Meta_L
keycode 178 = Meta_R


or whatever you want the alt keys to do.

|> 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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