Re: [VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping

From	cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups	comp.os.vms
Subject	Re: [VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping
Date	2026-05-15 10:55 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<10u6u2g$nd7$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References	<slrn110dljc.t6l.JKB@hilbert.systella.fr>

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In article <slrn110dljc.t6l.JKB@hilbert.systella.fr>, JKB  <jkb@invalid> wrote:
>	Hello,
>
>	I'm trying to open a connection on a VAX running VMS 7.3 through
>	Xephyr (and with a french PC keyboard).
>
>	Xephyr runs on a Linux box. When I open a X session on a remote
>	NetSD or Linux server, all keys run as expected (for example :
>	@=altgr+0, [=altgr+(, ]=altgr+)...).
>
>	When I open a connection on this VAX (or on my ES40 running 8.4,
>	same result), altgr is ignored.
>
>	I have tried a lot of different Xephyr configurations without
>	result. Best command line is :
>
>#!/bin/bash
>Xephyr -ac :1 -screen 1024x768 -listen tcp -query fermat -keybd ephyr,,,xkbmodel=evdev,xkblayout=fr
>
>exit 0
>
>	but @, [ and ] are unavailable. Is it possible to remap VMS keyboard
>	to obtain these characters ?
>
>	Regards,

It's not so much a VMS question, I'm afraid, but rather some
combination of your local machine's X config and your terminal
emulator.  Perhaps have a look at `xmodmap` and `xev` to see
what events the key presses are actually generating, and how you
might modify them to get the effect you want?

	- Dan C.

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[VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping JKB <JKB@hilbert.invalid> - 2026-05-15 08:16 +0000
  Re: [VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-15 10:55 +0000
    Re: [VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping JKB <JKB@hilbert.invalid> - 2026-05-15 12:16 +0000
      Re: [VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-15 12:58 +0000
        Re: [VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping JKB <JKB@hilbert.invalid> - 2026-05-17 07:42 +0000
  Re: [VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-05-15 12:56 -0400
    Re: [VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping JKB <JKB@hilbert.invalid> - 2026-05-17 07:49 +0000

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