Re: HOWTO keymap seperate users

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Egan, Matt B. (Artco) wrote:

> Don't know if the key mapping how too ever took off if it has I've got
> something that I don't think has been answered that would fit well in a
> howto.

heh - that would be me working on it.

> What I've got is this My linux box is a terminal server (LTSP) so I have
> multiple people using tn5250 on one machine (works great) but as I've
> started to add more people I've found that I can keep everyone happy with 1
> standard key mapping. (everyone wants to do something different with the
> KP_Multiply key)
> is it possible to make 2 different xterm files that contain different info
>
> Where would I start what would I need to modify would it be a source code
> change or is there a script that runs and points the the xterm that I just
> need to change??? Just not sure about the inner workings.

You should be able to add appropriate entries to your .Xresources file in
your home directory.  Here is a snippet of what I have:

xt5250*Font                     : 9x15
xt5250*loginShell               : off
xt5250*scrollBar                : off
xt5250*VT100.Translations: #override\n\
        <Key>KP_Enter: string("\033OM") \n\
        <Key>BackSpace: string("\177") \n\
        <Key>End: string("\033[4~") \n\
(etc.)

Put your keymap in here and then each user can customized as needed.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com