Hi                                                                              
                       
                                                                                
                       
I am in the process of re installing a laptop with debian.  And again I am      
                       
running into a problem with X and the home/end/page up/page down keys on the    
                       
keyboard. I have had a quick look around google, but to now avail.              
                       
                                                                                
                       
I have a normal keyboard, with number pad on the side.                          
                                                                 
                                                                                
                       
The current test  i use is                                                      
                       
run vim test                                                                    
                       
enter a couple of lines of text, and then try and navigate around it with the   
                       
keys on the number pad.                                                         
                       
                                                                                
                       
the home,end work fine on the cmd line.                                         
                       
                                                                                
                       
the test works fine in when I run it from a tty                                 
                       
                                                                                
                       
when I log into xwindows and start a xterm the home, end keys work fine.  but   
                       
when I try and do the test in vim I get strange characters every were.  Same    
                       
problem when trying to use page up and page down in aptitude!                   
                       
                                                                                
                       
What I would like to find is a site that explains how the input mechanism       
                       
works                                                                           
                       
                                                                                
                       
I would like to learn how to read the scan codes that X see and how they
translate into keys and then the mapping from those keys into
functions/procedures.

I have had a quick look at /etc/inputrc and this seems to be an area of
interest, but I feel like I am fumbling in the dark 8)
                                                                                
                       
thanks                                                                          
                       
Alex 

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