My experiments have shown:
In eXodus 6.1.2, Under Settings, Server Settings. key board,
the MacIntosh keyboard should be selected.
Then the MacIntosh delete key will delete to the left.
If MacIntosh(Intl) is selected, the delete (backspace) key works to the
right.
However, if one copies /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/SeqLab
into the home directory and un-comments the keymapping multi-line
command, then MacIntosh(Intl) is superseded by the mappings.
In Xwin32, in the Xwin Utility, Keyboard Menu, You can look at
Edit Keysyms...
If key code 21 is Delete-Delete, the Backspace key
deletes to the right. One can change this to BackSpace-Delete,
Modify the settings and save as e.g. us.kbd.
Then with Keyboard/ Select Keyboard, one can choose us.kbd
and effect the new setting. Again if the file SeqLab is in the home
directory AND the multi-line command
SeqLab*defaultVirtualBindings:\
is un-commented, the X-server's key mappings will be over-ridden.
Or so is my conclusion to today's experiments.
I am ready to flesh out these sketchy descriptions if necessary
Nick Staffa, CMB NIEHS telephone: 6-4569
(919-316-4569)
Scientific Computing Support Group
NIEHS Information Technology Support Services Contract
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Debra Parrish, DIR monitor.
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> From: pingouin at crystal.u-strasbg.fr> Reply To: jeanmougin at titus.u-strasbg.fr> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 9:54 AM
> To: info-gcg at net.bio.net> Subject: Re: erase mapping w/ seqlab... anyone?
>> In article <9CD202B20FE4D211828800A0C955FB40B70DA0 at drucker.niehs.nih.gov>,
>staffa at NIEHS.NIH.GOV ("Staffa.Nick") writes:
> > What's the "erase" key on a mac?
>> backspace. top right main keyboard key.
>> > I haven't noticed any trouble with eXodus,
>> In (for example) the selection widgets (when you try to select a
> sequence or a database sequence), this key erase the following char and
> not
> the expected previous one.
>> > but
> > I'm having more trouble with Xwin32 on PC.
>> I don't have (on NT workstations).
>> > Key mappings can be done on both and also in the
> > configuration file SeqLab.
>> I don't know if this one can be corrected this way.
>> François.
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