CDE and DtKeyBindings

[Dedieu]

Hi,

I need to deactivate the KeyBinding : Alt Ctrl Shiftexclam. So i defined in $HOME/.dt/dtwrmc :
Keys DtKeyBindingsPerso
{
Alt Ctrl Shiftexclam root|icon|window f.refresh
}

and in $HOME/Dtwm :
Dtwm*keyBindings: DtKeyBindingsPerso

but there is no effect.

any help, thank you

Gerard Dedieu

[Alex Glennie]

did you logout of CDE after the change ?

[Alex Glennie · Accepted solution]

ignore that :

*** See page 7-35 of Using the Xwindow System manual:
You can modify or delete any of these bindings, except "Alt Ctrl
Shiftexclam", by editing or deleting the line. (In order for the
editing to have an effect, the keyBindings resource in the .Xdefaults
file must be set to DefaultKeyBindings.) SO It is not possible to alter
the DEFAULT BEHAVIOR. f.set_behavior toggles between your customized
behavior and a default behavior, which is hardwired into the code.

So CAN NOT Modify Alt Ctrl Shiftexclam f.set_behavior in the
DefaultKeyBinsings line in sys.vuewmrc file, this is hardwired to X.

[Dedieu]

OK

When i switch to default behavior (Alt Ctrl shift) i have with the root menu the item : New window.

Is it possible to delete it ?

Thank you

Gerard Dedieu

[Alex Glennie]

Ah I see where you are comming from ... try to prevent users getin access to command line etc ? right ?

IT sounds like it could be possible, I'll do some digging and let you know.

[Alex Glennie]

found it : the default behaviour switch relates to mwm see man page for dtwm and mwm for the gory details :

sooooo => edit /usr/lib/X11/system.mwmrc file and edit the DefaultRootMenu section wrt New Window & xterm & ?

good luck & I think that should do it ?

[Dedieu]

it didn't work, i have modified the file but i always have the item : New window.

[Wodisch]

Hello Dedieu,
have you checked wether your user has a private
"$HOME/.mwmrc"? If it does exist, it will be used by
"mwm", hence modify that, right mouse click into the
root-window (background) and "Restart".
Then try again.

Oh, and there is an HP-extension to X-Windows-API,
where you can switch off stuff like the "kill X-server"
key sequence. Perhaps you can use that one to modify
the default translation of Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Exclam...

HTH,
Wodisch