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[Komla DOMELEVO <address@hidden>]

> > One question, how do you type \ in TeXmacs on the Mac? I cannot :-(
> >
> > Javier
>
> Dear Javier, Dear All,
>
> here is a way of customizing new keys on the Mac. Basically, it 
> suffices to change a line in the ".xmodmad" file defining the keyboard 
> and update the changes. (I'm using a french keyboard on OSX Panther). 
> The details go as follows :
>
> 0.- On my (french) keyboard, '\' is obtained by "shift-alt-/'. It 
> works BOTH on Mac applications such as TERMINAL or TeXmacs under X11.
>
> If you want to get a more convenient extra key fo
>
> 1.- First, you should specify that the usual keyboard shortcuts of the 
> Mac do NOT override those of X11. For that go on X11/Preferences/Input 
> and UNCHECK if necessary "Follow System Keyboard Layout" and "Unable 
> key equivalent under X11".
>
> It is not necessarily important regarding the 'backslash' issue, but 
> it is regarding cutting and pasting. (For example it allows to use 
> "cmd-w" for copying in the buffer a portion of text, instead of 
> closing the window as would happen in usual OSX applications.)
>
> 2.- Try to find an ".xmodmap" file correponding to the language of 
> your system that looks like the one attached (rename it '.xmodmap' as 
> is traditional). Open it and look for the line you want to modify. For 
> example I modified the line
>
>         "keycode  47 = ugrave percent Ugrave u2030"
>
> into the line
>
>         "keycode  47 = backslash percent Ugrave u2030"
>
> this will (after next step) define the former "ugrave" key (on the 
> right of 'M' in my keyboard) to produce a "backslash" under X11 
> applications like TeXmacs (not under OSX applications)
>
> 3.- It suffices to activate the new ".xmodmap" file by runing the 
> command :
>
>         "xmodmap .xmodmap" or "/usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap .xmodmap"
>
> in the directory where is your file ".xmodmap". I don't remember if 
> the command is installed by default.
>
> 4.- Finally, for convenience, I personally keep ".xmodmap" in my main 
> directory, and add the line "xmodmap .xmodmap" in my ".bashrc" file so 
> as to update my personal settings when I open automatically the 
> Terminal applications or an XTERM application.
>
> Bests,
>
>                         Komla

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