In article <1129272711.267715.41940@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
"Glenn" <eponymousalias@yahoo.com> writes:
> Arthur Wouk wrote:
>> in reading mail digests on my suns, i often want to skip through to
>> each Subject: line in turn, reading a bit, and then move on. it
>> would be convenient to have /^Subj/ be available on a key. the blank
>> key next to the help key is an appropriate target for this. is it
>> programmable?
>
> That key is programmable to emit a single keycode (as defined in
> /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h), not a string. For instance:
>
> /usr/openwin/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 22 =3D currency'
>
> You would then have to set up some kind of macro in your mail reader
> to translate this symbol (=A4 in this example) into whatever string
> does your desired task. For greatest convenience, set up the keyboard
> mapping so it is executed on every login (CDE in this example):
>
> % cat ~/.dt/sessions/sessionetc
> #!/bin/sh
> XDIR=3D/usr/openwin/bin
> # Make the blank key next to the Help key on a Sun Type 5 UNIX
> # keyboard emit something useful and unique that we can refer to
> # in applications like FrameMaker.
> $XDIR/xmodmap -e 'keycode 22 =3D blank'
>

Just be aware that if you're using something with a Type 6 USB US/Unix
keyboard, the blank key is indistinguishable from the Props key. AFAIK,
that's a hardware limitation.


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