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.
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