[Newbie]key bindings

newbie@XFree86.Org (Jon Bernard) · Mon, 6 May 2002 11:22:09 -0400

* Jon Bernard (jbernard@roanoke.edu) wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
>   I've found all of the key binding def's I need for my keyboard in 
>   /usr/X11R6/include/X11/XF68keysym.h. But xmodmap doesn't know about
>   these keybindings and won't let me bind a keycode to XF86XK_Mail (for
>   example). Is there a way to fix this, how can I use the keydefs in
>   XF86keysym.h with xmodmap?

Nevermind, I figured it out:

  I was trying: $ xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = XF86XK_Back"
  when I should have been using: $ xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = XF86Back"

  It seems you have to omit the "XK_" and everything works.

Thanks anyway,

JOn