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Re: [VAX 7.3] Keyboard remapping

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In article <slrn110e3kt.t6l.JKB@hilbert.systella.fr>, JKB  <jkb@invalid> wrote:
>Le 15-05-2026, Dan Cross <cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net> a écrit :
>> 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 ?
>>
>> 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?
>
>	I'm sure that this issue comes from VMS itself. Locally, altgr runs
>	as expected and if I use Xephyr to open a connection to a Linux or
>	NetBSD server, altgr runs also as expected. If Zephyr cannot handle
>	altgr, I will see the same issue with all client systems.

Maybe?  it's difficult to say without knowing exactly what
events the X server is generating for individual key presses.
One can see using `xev`.

	- 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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