On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Brian C. White wrote:
> > > Netscape runs _fine_ if you use the Debian installer package! Actually,
> > > all you really need to do is point it to the existing XKeySymDB file.
> > >
> > > This probably the case for other Motif apps, too.
> >
> > And how can we do this?
>
> The netscape package is available under contrib.
>
> To use the existing XKeysymDB file, either compile the app with the correct
> directory or set the env var:
>
> csh: setenv XKEYSYMDB /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB
> bash: set XKEYSYMDB="/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB"; export XKEYSYMDB
>
This does not work for all applications, particularly those which are not
available as source packages but only as compiled binaries. I have
solved this problem in the following way:
Run xkeycaps with its output redirected to a file called Xmodmap.new.
Change the mapping of the BS key to mean 'Backspace' rather than 'Delete'
and then write all of the keys out. I then take this Xmodmap.new file
and move it to /etc/X11/Xmodmap. This works fine for all the
applications I have tried so far but I am not really sure of the
potential negative consequences.
Cheers
Carlo
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