Re: Alt key on my DECstation

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From: Andre Beck
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:40

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Hi,

the problem is known and is simply to explain: The keys nearer to the
space bar (the Alt keys) are new to this keyboard at all, as the other
two (the mode_switch keys, NOT Compose ones) are too.
In the normal setup, the modifier mapping is bogus, coze the Alt keys
are mapped to mod2 and the modifieres to mod1, giving the problem of
most apps thinking the mods are the alts and the alts are for hell...

I run:

keycode 113 = Escape F11
keycode 90  = Break F5
clear mod1
clear mod2
add mod1 = Alt_L Alt_R
add mod2 = Mode_switch

through xmodmap and than i have:

Two real alt keys
Two keys that keep their function as mode switches. Decwrite beeps on
    them, but you can use them still for the extra chars.
A compose key by pressing Alt Space as on the older keyboards.

Hope this helps you (as you see, also a physical ESC key is set onto F11)

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