topic Re: Keyboard Mapping in Operating System - HP-UX

Keyboard Mapping

JayararamanSubramanian — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:25:35 GMT

Hi

I have to do the following mapping to get a X Windows application to work on HP UNIX 11.23( itanium processor)

xmodmap -e "keysym BackSpace = Delete" -e "keysym Delete = BackSpace"

The issue is, this command only makes the changes temp. on the X windows Application. When I change the mouse focus to another Application ( also X windows), the mapping is lost.

May i know how to make the following a permanent change ?

Can I use itemap ?
Any other suggestion?

Re: Keyboard Mapping

Suraj K Sankari — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:24:33 GMT

HI,
How about putting putting this command into .dt_profile ?

xmodmap -e "keysym BackSpace = Delete" -e "keysym Delete = BackSpace"

Suraj

Re: Keyboard Mapping

JayararamanSubramanian — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:18:26 GMT

Just to clarify? Will this .dt_profile be stored under the home directory of the User?

I will try this and get back to you
THanks.
Jayaram

Re: Keyboard Mapping

Alex Glennie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:13:15 GMT

or consider using keymap_ed as in

make a copy of XHPKeymaps

add new modmap and put into XHPKeymaps.new
keymap_ed -k XHPKeymaps -m modmap

copy back

cp XHPKeymaps.new /usr/lib/X11XHPKeymaps

more info on the man page.

Re: Keyboard Mapping

JayararamanSubramanian — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:56:16 GMT

Thanks

Will try both solutions...

Will feedback tomorrow.

regards
Jaya

Re: Keyboard Mapping

JayararamanSubramanian — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:30:20 GMT

Hi
I tried both solutions. Unfortunately for me, none really solved the issue I am facing.
#1- .dtprofile
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I stared with creating a .dtprofile in the users Home directory.
Rebooted the system and checked. While the Xterm works fine, the X windows program started by a server as process is not responding to backspace for erase. However it will still work temporarity for Xmodmap command from xterm session.

#2: keymap_ed
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Yeah. I did this as well with a numebr of combinnations as well.
keysym, keycode etc.
again i was not luckly.

Not sure what else can be done....