Re: emacs-snapshot keybinding problem

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 30.12.2005 um 15:21 schrieb Angelina Carlton:

> I can edit this file or is this not a good idea?

The better idea is to put into a file you have full control on. Once 
you update GNU Emacs you changes could be overwritten, putting them 
into ~/.emacs or a site-init.el will keep them longer.

>
> One more thing, the Apple keyboard has real F11-F16 keys which I have
> not been able to get working under X,
> Option          "XkbModel"      "macintosh"
> seemed like the right choice but perhaps I need to address this first?
>

That's probably correct. The Apple *external* keyboards are a few 
models -- and they all have evolved as those in the PowerBooks or 
iBooks too. With xev (it's sometimes 'hidden' in a subdirectory of 
/usr/X11R6/bin) you can record the missing key codes, and with xmodmap 
you can make them (re-)assigned when X11 is launched.

In ~/.xinitrc the lines can be:

	userresources=$HOME/.Xdefaults
	usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
	sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
	sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
	
	if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
	    xmodmap $sysmodmap
	fi
	
	if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
	    xmodmap $usermodmap
	fi

In .xmodmaprc the lines could be like:

	keycode 10 = 1 exclam exclamdown onesuperior

To cite from the man page:

	Up to eight keysyms may be attached to a key, however the last four 
are not used in any major X server implementation. The first keysym is 
used when no modifier key is pressed in conjunction with this key, the 
second with Shift, the third when the Mode_Switch key is used with this 
key and the fourth when both the Mode_Switch and Shift keys are used.

One problem is to find the keysyms (names) your system understands. 
These are predefined in a C header file, 
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h. Check whether F1[1-9] are #define'd 
there!

--
Greetings

   Pete

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