Board index Linux X

Problem With My Tab Key!!!

Problem With My Tab Key!!!

Post by Mr. Sma » Tue, 14 May 1996 04:00:00



Hi there. I use Xwin32 to send a query to my X server running on xdm.
I can get the login prompt and login to get fvwm without problem. How
ever when I enter xterm or xrvt in fvwm, my tab key can't "guess" ahead
any more but funcition like a back space. A thing to notice is if I don't
don't send query but telnet to my server first and setenv DISPLAY there
then run fvwm to get the virtual console on my xwin32 there's not such
problem. Could any Linux and X gurus there hlep me with this??? Thanks a lot!

Kenny

--
      //===============================================\\
     //                 Qili Zhu, Kenny                 \\      
    //                                                   \\
   //  "ADVENTUROUS ASSUMPTIONS, PRUDENT JUSTIFICATIONS"  \\  
  //+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\\
    ||                                                   ||    
    || Dept.Elec Engg, National University of Singapore  ||
    || Address:  Raffles Hall, NUS, Singapore 0511       ||


    ||                                                   ||    
    || URL=http://www.ccn.cs.dal.ca/~ah190/Profile.html  ||
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  

 
 
 
Top

Problem With My Tab Key!!!

Post by John Hans » Thu, 16 May 1996 04:00:00





>says:

>>Hi there. I use Xwin32 to send a query to my X server running on xdm.
>>I can get the login prompt and login to get fvwm without problem. How
>>ever when I enter xterm or xrvt in fvwm, my tab key can't "guess" ahead
>>any more but funcition like a back space. A thing to notice is if I
>don't
>>don't send query but telnet to my server first and setenv DISPLAY there
>>then run fvwm to get the virtual console on my xwin32 there's not such
>>problem. Could any Linux and X gurus there hlep me with this??? Thanks
a
>lot!

>Yes your key mapping is wrong.  There is a file on the linux box, which
>maps the keys, and has a line in it somethink like Xkeymap.  Comment
this
>line out, and all will be well.  (I had the same problem on my machine).
>I think it is in one of the files xdm runs before running fvwm.

>It will be much nicer to use once you have done this, as file name
>completion will work.

Checked on my machine,  checkout file xinit/.Xmodmap this remaps the key
definition for linux (Slakware), I took out the remapping line and my
xwin32 is now fine.  If that fails look for the use of the program
xmodmap in the X startup scripts, or window manager startup scripts or
xdm scripts.

 
 
 
Top

1. entering tab in vi without using tab key

is there a way of entering a tab in vi w/o using the tab key?

the reason is because i configured my editor to insert spaces instead
of tabs when i press the tab key.  but sometimes i'd like to actually
insert a tab.  how do i do this?  i tried <ctrl-i> but that still
inserts spaces.

ideally it would be nice if there was a general way of entering
characters by ascii values that way i could enter other characters as
well like carriage return.

2. readfds error (0x2018)

3. How to change key map for tab key

4. Linux sells out? A discussion with a friend

5. Script GURUs - a tab is a tab is a tab

6. HELP with clusters

7. tcsh and problems with AUTOLIST via the tab key

8. wanted: commercial web stats program

9. Tab key

10. From 8 to 4 spaces for TABs keys

11. Mapping <Tab> key in vi or vim

12. Q: ksh: how can I use TAB key to do "file name completion"

13. Keyboard configuration "Tab and ESC keys"


All times are UTC
Board index