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Re: Slightly OT: Where are keycodes defined for emacs -nw in X-Windows?
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: Slightly OT: Where are keycodes defined for emacs -nw in X-Windows? |
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26 Oct 2003 16:15:57 GMT |
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Alan Mackenzie <none@example.invalid> wrote:
> On my xterm, the modifier keys get filtered out, so that C-up and up
> degenerate into the same event sequence. :-(
DESCRIPTION
The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window
System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible
terminals for programs that can't use the window system
directly. If the underlying operating system supports ter-
minal resizing capabilities (for example, the SIGWINCH sig-
nal in systems derived from 4.3bsd), xterm will use the
facilities to notify programs running in the window whenever
it is resized.
a vt102, you may recall, doesn't have modifiers...
> <rant mode>
> [... several frustrating hours later ... ]. The documentation of xterm
> is of lesser quality than that of Emacs. As well as its man-page, I've
xterm is (fortunately) smaller than Emacs, but it is documented.
if you read the manpage, you may notice this near the end:
SEE ALSO
resize(1), stty(1), tty(1), tty(7), X11(7),
Xterm Control Sequences
> got an introductory users' guide to X (a book). It goes on and on and on
> about the syntax of "resources" (whatever they are), but doesn't seem to
start with man X11.
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