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Re: Hebrew key mapping for XFree86




   >>>   Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 22:36:57 +0200 (IST)
   >>>   > 
   >>>   > 	O.K. I cut out the lines after keycode 114, and removed the
   >>>   > ServerNumLock from my XF86Config. Now I get:
   >>>   > 
   >>>   > xmodmap:  Xmodmap-hebrew:11:  bad keysym target keysym 'Alt_L', no corresponding keycodes
   >>>   > xmodmap:  Xmodmap-hebrew:12:  bad keysym target keysym 'Alt_R', no corresponding keycodes
   >>>   > xmodmap:  2 errors encountered, aborting.
   >>>   > 
   >>>   
   >>>   Well, you have run xmodmap more than once and have discovered a 
   >>>   limitation in it ...
   >>>   
   >>>   Try:
   >>>   	xmodmap -e "keycode  64 = Alt_L Meta_L"
   >>>   	xmodmap -e "keycode 113 = Alt_R Meta_R"
   >>>   
   >>>   between the runs.
   >>>   
   >>>   You can also uncomment the above lines in the Xmodmap, but in this case the
   >>>   Scroll Lock will stop working. The idea was to use Alt_L or Alt_R to produce
   >>>   one Hebrew char. and the Scroll Lock to lock the keyboard in Hebrew mode.
   >>>   



O.K., now I can successfully run xmodmap. I created the file
~/.Xmodmap  with all the lines up to keycode 114. I exited xvfm, and
dir startx. It came up fine. Now the million dollar question - where is the Hebrew ?
When I typ Alt-whatever, I get a beep !


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