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Article #11200Re: problem with aixterm and MacX
From: Chris Gressley
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 17:21
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 17:21
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resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) writes: >paulonis@kodak.com (Mike Paulonis) writes: >>I use MacX v1.0.1 to access an IBM RS/6000 (AIX v3.1) using aixterm. I cannot >>get aixterm to accept the delete(backspace) key for erasing characters on the >>command line. All I get is an echo of ^[[P. Grrrrr. >1) Make sure you are using aixterm -v for vt102 mode. >2) Make sure that the keymap for vt102's is made. On the RT, this means >using the keycomp command on the keymap.vt file and putting the result >into the /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/vt directory. Your XDIR environment >variable must point there. An easier solution that worked for me was placing the following line in my .Xdefaults file on the RS/6000: aixterm.Translations: <Key>Delete:string(0xff08) where the hex string 0xff08 is the definition of the backspace key found in /usr/include/X11/keysymdefs.h. Chris
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.unix.aix Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!chris From: chris@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Chris Gressley) Subject: Re: problem with aixterm and MacX Message-ID: <1991Jun28.172157.3566@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana References: <2021@eastman.UUCP> <1991Jun27.212011.7806@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Distribution: usa Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 17:21:57 GMT Lines: 25