Xvnc has a set of basic keysyms in its keymap, then it adds any missing keysyms on the fly as the relevant keys are sent by the viewer. This works fine for most X applications. However, some Motif apps obviously look for keysyms when they start up, and if a particular key hasn't already been pressed in that Xvnc session then the app won't find it. The solution is to add any keysyms you need with the xmodmap command from your ~/.vnc/xstartup file, e.g.
xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Insert' xmodmap -e 'keycode 101 = KP_Enter' etc Having said that, it would be good to add a few more of these standard keys into Xvnc's initial keymap. I'll look into that for the next future release. Cheers Tristan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Slivkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:01 AM Subject: Xvnc - XK_Insert not "useful"? > A colleague reported these warnings running dtterm in an Xvnc session: > > Warning: > Name: Copy > Class: XmPushButtonGadget > Illegal mnemonic character; Could not convert X KEYSYM to a keycode > > Warning: > Name: Paste > Class: XmPushButtonGadget > Illegal mnemonic character; Could not convert X KEYSYM to a keycode > > I tracked this down to "Insert" not being in the pre-defined "useful" > keysyms (Xvnc/programs/Xserver/hw/vnc/kbdptr.c) Is there any specific > reason why "XK_Insert" was not included? > > This issue with Motif bindings apparently has been posted to this list > before: > > http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/1999-January/004345.html > http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2001-July/023633.html > > but no one noticed that "XK_Insert" was missing. > > Can we get this added to the next release? > > Thanks, > > -chuck > > *** kbdptr.c.orig Fri Feb 28 13:47:10 2003 > --- kbdptr.c Tue Mar 18 17:34:07 2003 > *************** > *** 142,145 **** > --- 142,146 ---- > XK_Escape, NoSymbol, > XK_Delete, NoSymbol, > + XK_Insert, NoSymbol, > > XK_Home, NoSymbol, > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
