Brad wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 03:59:35PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > I'm a bit confused. > > > > If I have an .xinitrc file in my home directory when I fire up X, my > > delete key works like a backspace in xterm. If I don't have an .xinitrc > > file, it works properly (deleting chars to the right of the cursor). In > > either case, it works properly when composing this message in Netscape > > Mail, and it works properly in nedit, so it seems to only be a problem > > in xterm. Rxvt also works properly. > > > > My .xinitrc is simply: > > > > xterm -geometry +2+2 & > > icewm > > > > My .Xsession is identical. I don't have any files referring to modmap in > > my home directory, and the /etc/X11/Xmodmap is completely commented out. > > > > My sister is logged into X on display :0 via xdm, but I manually start > > my session via "startx -- :1". Her xterm works properly; she does not > > have an .xinitrc in her home directory, or any other file that looks > > like it might have to do with keyboard mapping. > > > > I don't really understand all the ins-and-outs, but I originally > > suspected that having an .xinitrc in my home dir caused /etc/X11/Xmodmap > > to get "skipped", but since that file is completely commented out, and > > since the problem only seems to affect xterm, I'm now thinking that's > > not the problem. > > > > I suspect I could add > > keycode 22 = BackSpace > > keycode 107 = Delete > > to my .xinitrc file (I'm not sure about this), but that doesn't explain > > why having a .xinitrc file changes the default behaviour of the delete > > key. > > If i had to guess, i'd think the problem is that your xinitrc doesn't > allow for the sourcing of the various Xresources, one of which appears > to have settings for xterm keybindings. i'd suggest you forgo an > .xinitrc file and just use .xsession. > > The way the process seems to work (i could be wrong), startx first > executes .xinitrc if it exists, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc otherwise. All > the default /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc does is call Xsession (as used by > xdm), which adds in the Xresources and then hands off control to your > .xsession, or launches a window manager if that file doesn't exist. Your > xinitrc doesn't do this, so it bypasses the sourcing of all the > Xresources. > > You can simply "mv .xinitrc .xsession" and it should work fine, no > changes. > > -- > finger for GPG public key. > 16 Nov 1999 - new key generated, please stop using the old. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
Whoo-hoo! That did it! Thanks, Brad! (I love this list!)
