Subject: Re: Backspace in Netscape / gdm error
From: Chris Palmer (palmer@cnlinux.wjh.harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 07:18:55 MST
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Eric G. Hanel:
>
> In a terminal type in:
>
> xmodmap -e "keycode 50 = BackSpace"
>
Actually, a more general solution for different keyboards and the like would
be the following:
do a xmodmap -pke | grep BackSpace , which will tell you which keycodes
on your keyboard are mapped to BackSpace. Usually there'll be one mapped
to BackSpace Delete.
then do a xmodmap -e "keycode x = BackSpace BackSpace" to take care of
everything, even when holding down shift.
You mgiht find more than one mapped to BackSpace -- usually the other one
is the delete key above the arrows (if you hvae a full keyboard and not the
little iMac one). Simple trial and error will determine which is which, and
then you can map the delete key to Delete Delete for everything to work.
Then throw all this in your .cshrc or whatever somewhere and happiness shall
be permanent.
-Chris Palmer
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