(If you think you've seen a question like this before, you probably have -- I've posted it in a number of places, including the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list with the mistaken notion that it was the one list that replaced all (or most) of the old XFree86.org lists (like xpert). I've also posted this as a bug on the new Bugzilla -- IIRC it's number 43.)
I guess it's really a series of questions: Does X have any facility to let you use keyboard macros (by that I mean the ability to assign a (arbitrary) string to a single (special) key (like <ctrl><alt>s) such that the string is entered into the current application when the key is pressed? To the best of my knowledge, xmodmap will not let you assign more than one key(symbol) to a single keypress (I'm sure I have the terminology messed up, and I don't mean different keys for the various shifts, I mean a string of keysymbols to one particular "shift". Someone has suggested Xim might help me, and I'm sporadically reading about it, but I can't tell whether it's really an end user tool (I just have to assign strings to keypresses) or if it's a programming tool (using Xim, I could write things like an Xim server to help me). Any input appreciated. Randy Kramer _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
