xmodmap keystrings (2)

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Tue Apr 26 08:35:56 PDT 2011


On 04/26/11 08:19 AM, frank wrote:
> 
> Hello Alan,
> 
> Thanks for replying. It seems I didn't make myself clear.
> 
> Please go to a graphic terminal, press ^V then F1 or F2 or Home or
> Left or any of the functional keys. You are inserting the keystring
> associated with those keys. Home for instance has "^[OH" (not same
> as in text console).
> 
> Where are these strings listed? Surely there must be a header file
> somewhere? How it is called? Where is it?

Those are defined in the terminal emulator you are using, not X itself,
and have nothing to do with xmodmap.

Check the source code of xterm, gnome-terminal, etc.  (Sorry, I don't
know the exact .c or .h file there.) They should be  referenced in the
matching termcap/terminfo entries as well.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-        alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
	 Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System




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