[ale] xmodmap, motif, and backspacing

me foxtrot at foxtrot.mindspring.com
Sun May 12 15:50:24 EDT 1996


After much playing with xmodmap, I've found the reason my motif
applications are doing wonky things when I hit backspace is because
they're looking for "osfBackSpace" instead of "BackSpace" or "Delete"
(as seen in the /usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB file...)
 
Hurrah, I said, and switched it so backspace did that.
 
Here's where I found that non-motifish stuff doesn't know what to do
with an osfBackSpace symbol.
 
I assume there's a way to add something to the .Xresources file to tell
the motif stuff to deal, but I've got no clue what it's called or where
to look. Anyone know what the resource I need is called?

-F
  .   J.D. Forinash:      geek, speed demon, sysadmin, Vogon poet, DNRC member
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