topic Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad in Operating System - OpenVMS

Xming key map for EVE application keypad

K Fam — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:36:28 GMT

I've got Xming X windows running via SSH using Teraterm 4.6 to OpenVMS 7.3-2
However the TPU editor session cannot seem to use the EVE application keypad in Xming X-windows terminal even when a normal Teraterm session had no problems (the setup for the EVE key pad is defined in the sys$login area)

Any idea of how this can be resolved ?
There does not seem to be a problem with Kea-X.

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

John Gillings — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:37:44 GMT

Hi Kim,

Is the emulator keypad defined to use VT220 keys by position or by name? I'm not familiar with Teraterm, but I'd expect it must have a way to configure the keyboard to be "true LK" layout vs "PC" layout.

I've attached a small program which echos the key sequences seen at your processs. Compare working and non-working connections, it may give a clue as to what's happening.

MACRO, LINK and RUN. Press keys to see the escape sequences. control characters are prefixed with "^", high characters with "~". End with ^Z

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

Jeffrey Goodwin — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 06:36:02 GMT

Check out the excellent response by Bojan Nemec in this thread:

~~https://community.hpe.com/t5/Hardware/What-client-instead-of-old-VT/m-p/3765186~~

[Admin: The above link is no longer valid]

I only had to make minor changes to the xkb files to get it to work for me.

I start xming as so:

xming -multiwindow -ac -xkblayout us_vms -clipboard

Note: Xming reasserts the num-lock and a few other keys when switching between xming and PC applications. For VMS, this makes it look like PF1 is being pressed everytime the windows are changed. I ended up rebuilding xming after removing the code that did the reasserting. I also has to roll in quite a few clipboard patches to get the copy and paste to work reliably.

-Jeff

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

Verne Britton — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:06:38 GMT

Dear Jeff,

is your enhanced xming and your working xkb file available for others ??

Verne

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

K Fam — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:08:24 GMT

Thanks Jeff,
Your hint was invaluable ! The structure of Xming under XP was little different and I only had to make a little change to
us_vms configuration
The contents:
// Setup the pc keyboard to looks like an LK keyboard
default
partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "us_vms" {
include "us(basic)"
include "vms(vms)"
};
because of the slightly difference in the directory structure.

Now, in Xming DECterm session, the keys behave as expected in EVE editor.

Many thanks Jeff,

Kim Fam

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

Jeffrey Goodwin — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:06:11 GMT

Verne,

I can supply the files, but I cannot attach the zip file due to it's size (2MB).

-Jeff

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

Dennis Handly — Wed, 27 May 2020 05:29:36 GMT

The updated URL:

~~http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardware/What-client-instead-of-old-VT/m-p/3765186~~

https://community.hpe.com/t5/Hardware/What-client-instead-of-old-VT/m-p/3765186

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

AlfK — Sun, 24 May 2020 23:55:10 GMT

Hi Jeff,

Just wondering if you knew why I get an "access denied" when I try and follow the link you posted here?
I have been a HP community member since 2011.

Thanks,

Alf

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

Parvez_Admin — Wed, 27 May 2020 05:28:59 GMT

Hi @AlfK ,

Try this link:

https://community.hpe.com/t5/Hardware/What-client-instead-of-old-VT/m-p/3765186

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

AlfK — Wed, 27 May 2020 21:36:19 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for trying to fix the link, but it is still showing the same error for me.

You do not have sufficient privileges for this resource or its parent to perform this action.
Click your browser's Back button to continue.

Alf.

Re: Xming key map for EVE application keypad

AlfK — Thu, 28 May 2020 04:16:43 GMT

Hi,

Thanks so much for posting a new link, but I still have an issue getting access to that newer location...

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Kind Regards,

Alf Kellner
Specialist Quality Assurance and Technical Systems - Pacific Technology Centre

Rio Tinto
Level 19, 123 Albert Street, Brisbane, Queensland 4000 Australia
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