Keysyms; Virtual Keysyms - Neoware c50 - Thin Client User Manual

This appendix describes the use of virtual keysyms and lists all the valid
keysyms that may be used to define the function of keys

Virtual Keysyms

The standard X translation tables may be used to redefine the function of most keys
on the keyboard. However, certain keys such as Insert and F4 for example cannot be
redefined in this way.
To overcome this problem, OSF Motif enables you to use virtual keysyms to change
the name of the keysym to be used in the translation table. Programs like xev are not
subject to the virtual keysym translation because they are not based on OSF Motif
and therefore report the keysym as normal.
The following list provides a cross-reference from actual keysym to the virtual
keysym which should be used in the translation table.
Actual
Keysym
Escape
Left
Up
Right
Down
End
Home
Prior
Next
BackSpace
Delete
Virtual
Keysym
osfCancel
osfLeft
osfUp
osfRight
osfDown
osfEndLine
osfBeginLine
osfPageUp
osfPageDown
osfBackSpace
osfDelete

Keysyms

Actual Virtual
Keysym Keysym
Insert osfInsert
ShiftF8 osfAddMode
F1 osfHelp
F4 osfMenu
F7 osfEndLine
F10 osfMenuBar
Select osfSelect
KP_Enter osfActivate
Clear osfClear
Undo osfUndo
Keysyms
B
B-1