On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 09:59:09AM +0100, Pete Forman wrote:
> > Is this not clear? Me thinks Fvwm2 is "resetting the prefix".
> One point that I was trying to put across is that this ought
> controlled by the xterm. It is receiving an event when a key is
> pressed and is responsible for translating that into an action.
Thats what I thought too.
> Is there a problem when iconifying with the mouse rather than F8?
No.
> Is there a problem if the xterm is started with -iconic?
Well, when I de-iconify it and F8 to iconify it again, the problem appears.
> Do other window managers behave the same?
No.
Aaaargh! Just hit me. I think I have too "strict" a set of translations.
Gotta relax them some.
I have the following as part of the VT100 translation table:
!Ctrl<Key>Right: string(0x1b) string("Oc") \n\
None<Key>Right: string(0x1b) string("OC") \n\
Frankly, I dont completely understand this. I think what this is saying is:
1. When the Ctrl modifier ONLY and the <Right> key is pressed, send ^[Oc
2. When the <Right> key and NO modifiers are pressed, send ^[OC
My Fvwm2 command is
Key F8 A N2 Iconify 1
which says
"when the F8 key is pressed anywhere and either no modifiers or Modifier2
(NumLock in my case) are active, iconify the window"
The reason I gave the Key command as I did is that I frequently have the
Numlock key pressed since I use the numeric keypad. So, I wanted the
Iconify to work if either No modifiers **or** the numLock was active.
Actually, I dont really care about the other modifiers also. So, I guess I
need to give 'A' for 'any modifier', right? (instead of N2).
So, when the NumLock is active, my VT100 translation table has no entry for
<Right> and hence it defaults to ^[[C.
Questions:
How do I specify the translation line to say what the 'Key' line says i.e.
(None OR NumLock) + <Key> Right: .......
more generally, what is the syntax for this translation line? Where can I
read more about this? I read all the man pages, but they dont talk about
the syntax for this line.
Surprisingly, the mouse is still screwed up. Consider:
o Turn off NumLock
o vim
o <F1> for help
o Click somewhere and the cursor moves there. Fine.
o Turn on NumLock
o Mouse clicks no longer move the cursor!
Thanks for staying with me, Pete.
Vikas
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Received on Tue Jul 14 1998 - 09:42:18 BST