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M Darrin Chaney (mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote:

+ 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.)

Try this:

/usr/bin/X11/xmodmap \
	-e "clear mod1" \
	-e "clear mod2" \
	-e "add mod1 = Alt_L Alt_R" \
	-e "add mod2 = Multi_key Multi_key"

	I had problems with emacs wanting me to press the compose key for
Meta, and I discovered emacs assumes that the modifier mod1 is the Alt
keys, and that Dec's Xws starts up with Compose (otherwise known as
Multi_key) as mod1 and Alt as mod2. The above swaps them around.

	Note: this works for me with the Xws and emacs that DEC
provide with OSF/1, your mileage may vary with apps other than emacs.
Mwm also understands the Alt as Alt once you've done this.

	Possible suggestion for DEC: It would be nice if you changed
the Xserver so the keys defaulted to that way around so that your own
apps work correctly. On the other hand, I mentioned this to my local
DEC office back in May (when I got OSF/1, I seem to recall hitting the
same problem in Ultrix before then), so something may be being done
about it.

Cya all,
	Andrew.

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