Re: How to map Alt keys in X windows under NetBSD-9?

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2022, RVP wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Oct 2022, Brian Buhrow wrote:
>
> > It looks like all is working as I expect, except I can't seem to generate
> > an alt-return key sequence.  I just get a bell when I try to do this and
> > the application I'm using doesn't receive the keystroke.
>
> Is Alt-Enter being trapped by your window manager?

The xterm man-page says:

   Default Key Bindings
[...]
        Alt <Key>Return:fullscreen() \n\
[...]

so: on Alt-Enter, xterm attemps to go fullscreen. If the window manager
doesn't honour this (eg. twm), then you might get the beep and the
vanishing keys. This, or what uwe@ suggested, seems to work:

*VT100*translations:    #override \n\
        Alt <Key>Return: insert()

-RVP