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  • From: "Anthony J. Albert" <albert AT polaris.umpi.maine.edu>
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Delete / Backspace keys in X & BL1.8
  • Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:09:33 -0500

On 3 Jan 2004 at 6:59, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>Anthony J. Albert wrote:
>>
>> After spending some time this weekend researching and
>> testing, I would like to publish my way of getting the
>> Delete and Backspace keys to work as expected,
>
>Thanks for sharing this with us.
>
>> Here's my .xinitrc with the commands:
>> ==============================
>> #Set the Del and BackSpace keys to work right
>> xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace osfBackSpace"
>> xmodmap -e "keycode 107 = Delete"
>>
>> # Start the window manager
>> exec icewm
>>
>> stty sane
>> stty erase ^H
>> #loadmap -e "keycode 14 = BackSpace"
>> #loadmap -e "keycode 111 = Delete"
>> ==============================
>
>I could be wrong, but I believe "exec icewm" terminates the
>script. Nothing after that is processed.
>
>Cheers,
>Steven

After some testing, I have determined that you are correct, Steven.
The lines after the "exec" do not get executed, though I would have
expected them to.

I used some lines taken from other sources, and since the console
seemed to work okay after exiting X, I would expect that those lines
after the "exec" could be safely removed.

Anthony Albert
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Anthony J. Albert albert AT umpi.maine.edu
Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster
Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle
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