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From: david@ics.COM (David B. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Backspace Keysym in Athena Text Widget
Summary: BackSpace
Message-ID: <2365@ics.COM>
Date: 14 Aug 89 13:17:28 GMT
References: <8908120624.AA03485@uunet.uu.net>
Organization: Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc., Cambridge MA
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In article <8908120624.AA03485@uunet.uu.net>, mikep@sco.UUCP writes:
>
> What happen to the Backspace key in the Athena text widget. I get this when
> using the any Xt (Locus and Motif) running SCO Xenix.
>
> X Toolkit Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym: Backspace
> X Toolkit Warning: ... found while parsing '~Shift MetaBackspace: delete-p revious-word() '
>
> I never saw this when running on a Sun. Anyways, I looked at some standard
> X distrib. stuff in TMParse.c, and sure enough, Backspace isn't there,
> but Delete is. Meanwhile, Backspace is in the Text widget translation
> table in both doc and code.
>
> Somebody must of seen this before, but patches 1-10 don't cover it.
>
> Am I missing something?
From mid-June:
X Window System Bug Report
xbugs@expo.lcs.mit.edu
VERSION:
R3, fixes 1-8
AREA:
Xaw
SYNOPSIS:
lib/Xaw/TextTr.c uses 'Backspace' for 'BackSpace' keysym name
DESCRIPTION:
TextTr.c:~Shift MetaBackspace: delete-previous-word() \n\
TextTr.c: Shift MetaBackspace: backward-kill-word() \n\
SAMPLE FIX:
Change to BackSpace.
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David B. Lewis david@ics.com ics!david@buita.bu.edu david%ics.UUCP@buita.bu.edu
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