Jake Colman wrote:

> I have a problem with the keycode produced by the Alt-L key. Using xev I can
> see that when using VNC the keycode is 14 but when using Exceed the keycode
> is 63. Per xev, both keycodes map to the same keysym. The problem is that
> apps running under VNC will not see the Alt key.
>
> Is there a way to use xmodmap to fix this so that VNC will work the same way
> as Exceed and my app will be happy?
>

Where are you running your VNC viewer?

If you are running it under MSWindows, then you will probably have to tweak
MSWindows (I don't know how), as MSWindows reserves the Alt key for it's own
use.


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>>>>> "LP" == Lew Pitcher writes:

LP> Jake Colman wrote:
>> I have a problem with the keycode produced by the Alt-L key. Using xev
>> I can see that when using VNC the keycode is 14 but when using Exceed
>> the keycode is 63. Per xev, both keycodes map to the same keysym. The
>> problem is that apps running under VNC will not see the Alt key. Is
>> there a way to use xmodmap to fix this so that VNC will work the same
>> way as Exceed and my app will be happy?
>>

LP> Where are you running your VNC viewer?

LP> If you are running it under MSWindows, then you will probably have to
LP> tweak MSWindows (I don't know how), as MSWindows reserves the Alt key
LP> for it's own use.

The VNC Viewer is a windoze client. The Alt key does go through for Motif
screens, it just doesn't go through for Qt screens. This indicates to me
that Windoze does pass through the Alt key correctly its just that the
different keycode is acceptable to only Motif and not Qt. Also, I am pretty
sure that the windoze vnc viewer, in general, is designed to handle Alt
correctly and not let windoze take it over.

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