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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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-- Murphy