keyboard wishes (Re: FVWM: my wish list)

From: <petit_at_lami.univ-evry.fr>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 08:10:44 +0100 (MET)

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Subject: 20) How do I remap the keys on my keyboard to produce a string?
> >
> > There is no method of arranging for a particular string to be produced
> > when you press a particular key. The xmodmap client, which is useful for
> > moving your CTRL and ESC keys to useful places, just rearranges keys and does
> > not do "macro expansion."
> > [deleted text]
>
> You can however map keys to strings within an xterm by setting up keymap
> translations in your Xresource (or Xdefaults) file (handy for function key
> shortcuts).


I know it and I use it. But I want that sort of things to work with
all X-clients. I like to have Ctrl-left to generate Esc-b which do in
genral backward-word function.

For xterm, I use translation but I want to do it with more clients.

I think it would be a good thing to have at least two level :

  - application preferences with translations as I do with xterm

  - global preferences at window manager level

thanks for your answer.

Pascal


ps : do you know where I can have some informations about
     translations. I do some things with the exemple in the xterm man
     page but I wasn't able to find a complete explanation of the
     syntax of translations.


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Received on Thu Sep 28 1995 - 02:07:52 BST

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