Re: An old unix Issue the Delete key how do you fix it
"Valeriy E. Ushakov" <[email protected]>
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[Replying off-list] In article <[email protected]> you wrote: > Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote: > > > > Extra credit for explaining how to get the Compose key working in X > > > > in less than 30 minutes. > > > > > > I can't test it at the moment, but make sure your compose key is > > > Multi_key. E.g. add to the keyboard InputDevice section something > > > like: > > > > > > Option "XkbModel" "pc105compose" > > > > > > to make right windows key Multi_key. Your locale should be set > > > correctly too (i.e. only the compose sequences that result in the > > > chars from the locale charset will work). See xc/nls/Compose for > > > details. > > > > I've just did some testing and the easiest way is to add one of: > > > > Option "XkbOptions" "compose:ralt" > > #Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" > > #Option "XkbOptions" "compose:menu" > > > > to make the corresponding key Multi_key. > > Valeriy, > > Thanks, I appreciate your effort. I'm not sure how to describe concisely > the setup I'm using, except to say it's a stock OS X Powerbook. The only > X modification I make is that I have this file: > > $ cat ~/.Xmodmap > keycode 84 = Multi_key > > Being too lazy to figure out OS X's X startup -- this file doesn't take > effect even though the start up file suggests it should: > > $ grep Xmodmap /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap > sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap > > so I just do: > > $ xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap > > whenever I need to type Swedish characters like '?'. > > I realize I'm OT on a NetBSD list. I just wanted to show you I'm using a > different keyboard and another technique to get a working Compose key. > What I really want to ask is, am I DTRT, or am I abusing xmodmap somehow? I don't think Mac X11 uses startx. man Xquarz lists an option to specify the keymap, that might help. I don't use my mini under MacOS X much, so I'm not really familiar with the details. SY, Uwe -- [email protected] | Zu Grunde kommen http://snark.ptc.spbu.ru/~uwe/ | Ist zu Grunde gehen