VirtualBindings(3X)
VirtualBindings --Bindings for virtual mouse and key events
As shipped in IRIX 6.5.5. Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.
NAME VirtualBindings --Bindings for virtual mouse and key events VERSION This page documents version 1.2 of the Motif library. DESCRIPTION The 1/Motif manual pages describe translations in terms of virtual bind- ings, based on those described in the OSF/Motif Style Guide. Mouse events are described in terms of virtual buttons, and key events are described in terms of virtual keys. The term virtual implies that the events as de- scribed do not necessarily correspond to a fixed set of X Window System events. Instead, virtual buttons and keys are linked to actual events by means of virtual bindings. Virtual Modifiers Both virtual buttons and virtual keys may contain virtual modifiers. Each virtual modifier corresponds to one or more actual modifiers. The follow- ing table lists the bindings of virtual modifiers to actual modifiers in 1/Motif: Virtual Modifier Bindings Virtual Modifier Actual Modifiers ------------------------------------ MAlt Mod1 MCopy Ctrl MCtrl Ctrl MLink Ctrl Shift MMove Shift MShift Shift Mod1 refers to the first modifier key. 1/Motif requires that it correspond to either Alt or Meta. The virtual modifier MAny indicates that any modifier can be used. If MAny is not specified and the user presses an actual modifier that is not ex- plicitly included in a translation, that modifier may prevent the transla- tion from being matched. Virtual Buttons Each virtual button corresponds to one or more actual button event descrip- tions. Each button event description contains a button name and possibly modifiers. These button event descriptions, appropriately ordered and pos- sibly further modified, are used in translation tables. The following ta- ble lists the bindings of virtual buttons to actual button event descrip- tions in 1/Motif: Virtual Button Bindings Virtual Button Actual Button Events -------------------------------------- BCustom <Btn3> BDrag <Btn2> BExtend Shift<Btn1> BMenu <Btn3> BSelect <Btn1> BToggle Ctrl<Btn1> Virtual Keys Each virtual key corresponds to one or more actual key event descriptions. Each key event description contains a keysym name and possibly modifiers. These key event descriptions, appropriately ordered and possibly further modified, are used in translation tables. The following table lists the bindings of virtual keys to actual key event descriptions in 1/Motif: Virtual Key Bindings ------------------------------------- Virtual Key Actual Key Events ------------------------------------- KActivate <Key>Return Ctrl<Key>Return <Key>osfActivate ------------------------------------- KAddMode <Key>osfAddMode ------------------------------------- KBackSpace <Key>osfBackSpace ------------------------------------- KBackTab Shift<Key>Tab ------------------------------------- KBeginData Ctrl<Key>osfBeginLine ------------------------------------- KBeginLine <Key>osfBeginLine ------------------------------------- KCancel <Key>osfCancel ------------------------------------- KClear <Key>osfClear ------------------------------------- KCopy <Key>osfCopy Ctrl<Key>osfInsert ------------------------------------- KCut <Key>osfCut Shift<Key>osfDelete ------------------------------------- KDelete <Key>osfDelete ------------------------------------- KDeselectAll Ctrl<Key>backslash ------------------------------------- KDown <Key>osfDown ------------------------------------- KEndData Ctrl<Key>osfEndLine ------------------------------------- KEndLine <Key>osfEndLine ------------------------------------- KEnter <Key>Return ------------------------------------- KEscape <Key>Escape ------------------------------------- KExtend Ctrl Shift<Key>space Shift<Key>osfSelect ------------------------------------- KHelp <Key>osfHelp ------------------------------------- KInsert <Key>osfInsert ------------------------------------- Virtual Key Bindings (Continued) ----------------------------------------- Virtual Key Actual Key Events ----------------------------------------- KLeft <Key>osfLeft ----------------------------------------- KMenu <Key>osfMenu ----------------------------------------- KMenuBar <Key>osfMenuBar ----------------------------------------- KNextField <Key>Tab Ctrl<Key>Tab ----------------------------------------- KNextMenu Ctrl<Key>osfDown Ctrl<Key>osfRight ----------------------------------------- KPageDown <Key>osfPageDown ----------------------------------------- KPageLeft Ctrl<Key>osfPageUp <Key>osfPageLeft ----------------------------------------- KPageRight Ctrl<Key>osfPageDown <Key>osfPageRight ----------------------------------------- KPageUp <Key>osfPageUp ----------------------------------------- KPaste <Key>osfPaste Shift<Key>osfInsert ----------------------------------------- KPrevField Shift<Key>Tab Ctrl Shift<Key>Tab ----------------------------------------- KPrevMenu Ctrl<Key>osfUp Ctrl<Key>osfLeft ----------------------------------------- KPrimaryCopy Ctrl<Key>osfPrimaryPaste Mod1<Key>osfCopy Mod1 Ctrl<Key>osfInsert ----------------------------------------- KPrimaryCut Mod1<Key>osfPrimaryPaste Mod1<Key>osfCut Mod1 Shift<Key>osfDelete ----------------------------------------- KPrimaryPaste <Key>osfPrimaryPaste ----------------------------------------- KQuickCopy Ctrl<Key>osfQuickPaste ----------------------------------------- KQuickCut Mod1<Key>osfQuickPaste ----------------------------------------- KQuickExtend Shift<Key>osfQuickPaste ----------------------------------------- Virtual Key Bindings (Continued) --------------------------------------- Virtual Key Actual Key Events --------------------------------------- KQuickPaste <Key>osfQuickPaste --------------------------------------- KReselect Ctrl Shift<Key>osfSelect --------------------------------------- KRestore Ctrl Shift<Key>osfInsert --------------------------------------- KRight <Key>osfRight --------------------------------------- KSelect <Key>space Ctrl<Key>space <Key>osfSelect --------------------------------------- KSelectAll Ctrl<Key>slash --------------------------------------- KSpace <Key>space --------------------------------------- KTab <Key>Tab --------------------------------------- KUndo <Key>osfUndo Mod1<Key>osfBackSpace --------------------------------------- KUp <Key>osfUp --------------------------------------- KAny <Key> --------------------------------------- Bindings for osf Keysyms Keysym strings that begin with "osf" are not part of the X server's key- board mapping. Instead, these keysyms are produced on the client side at run time. They are interpreted by the routine XmTranslateKey, and are used by the translation manager when the server delivers an actual key event. For each application, a mapping is maintained between "osf" keysyms and keysyms that correspond to actual keys. This mapping is based on informa- tion obtained at application startup from one of the following sources, listed in order of precedence: * A defaultVirtualBindings application resource in the resource data- base. * A property on the root window, which can be set by mwm on startup, or by the xmbind client, or on prior startup of a Motif application. * The file .motifbind in the user's home directory. * A set of bindings based on the vendor string and optionally the vendor release of the X server. Motif searches for these bindings in the following steps: -- If the file xmbind.alias exists in the user's home directory, Mo- tif searches this file for a pathname associated with the vendor string or with the vendor string and vendor release. If it finds such a pathname and if that file exists, Motif loads the bindings contained in that file. -- If it has found no bindings, Motif next looks for the file xm- bind.alias in the directory specified by the environment variable XMBINDDIR, if XMBINDDIR is set, or in the directory /usr/lib/Xm/bindings if XMBINDDIR is not set. If this file ex- ists Motif searches it for a pathname associated with the vendor string or with the vendor string and vendor release. If it finds such a pathname and if that file exists, Motif loads the bindings contained in that file. -- If it still has found no bindings, Motif loads a set of hard- coded fallback bindings. The xmbind.alias file contains zero or more lines of the form: "vendor_string[ vendor_release]"bindings_file where vendor_string is the X server vendor name as returned by the X client xdpyinfo or the Xlib function XServerVendor, and must appear in double quotes. If vendor_release is included, it is the X server vendor release number as returned by the X client xdpyinfo or the Xlib function XVendorRe- lease, and must also be contained within the double quotes separated by one space from vendor_string. vendor_release is provided to allow support of changes in keyboard hardware from a vendor, assuming that the vendor incre- ments the release number to flag such changes. Alternatively, the vendor may simply use a unique vendor string for each different keyboard. bindings_file is the pathname of the file containing the bindings them- selves. It can be a relative or absolute pathname. If it it is a relative pathname, it is relative to the location of the xmbind.alias file. Comment lines in the xmbind.alias file begin with !. The bindings found in either the .motifbind file or the vendor mapping are placed in a property on the root window. This property is used to deter- mine the bindings for subsequent Motif applications. On startup mwm attempts to load the file .motifbind in the user's home di- rectory. If this is unsuccessful, it loads the vendor bindings as de- scribed above. It places the bindings it loads in a property on the root window for use by subsequent Motif applications. xmbind loads bindings from a file if that file is specified on the command line. If no file is specified on the command line, it attempts to load the file .motifbind in the user's home directory. If this fails, it loads the vendor bindings as described above. It places the bindings it loads in a property on the root window for use by subsequent Motif applications. The format of the specification for mapping "osf" keysyms to actual keysyms is similar to that of a specification for an event translation. The syntax is specified here in EBNF notation using the following conventions: [a] Means either nothing or a {a} Means zero or more occurrences of a Terminals are enclosed in double quotation marks. The syntax of an "osf" keysym binding specification is as follows: binding_spec = {line "\n"} [line] line = virtual_keysym ":" key_event key_event = {modifier_name} "<Key>" actual_keysym virtual_keysym = keysym actual_keysym = keysym keysym = A valid X11 keysym name that is mapped by XStringToKeysym As with event translations, more specific event descriptions must precede less specific descriptions. For example, an event description for a key with a modifier must precede a description for the same key without the same modifier. Following is an example of a specification for the defaultVirtualBindings resource in a resource file: *defaultVirtualBindings: \ osfBackSpace : <Key>BackSpace\n\ osfInsert : <Key>InsertChar\n\ ... osfDelete : <Key>DeleteChar The format of a .motifbind file or of a file containing vendor bindings is the same, except that the binding specification for each keysym is placed on a separate line. The example specification above appears as follows in a .motifbind or vendor bindings file: osfBackSpace : <Key>BackSpace osfInsert : <Key>InsertChar ... osfDelete : <Key>DeleteChar The following table lists the fixed fallback default bindings for "osf" keysyms: Fallback Default Bindings for "osf" Keysyms "osf" Keysym Fallback Default Binding -------------------------------------------- osfActivate <unbound> osfAddMode Shift F8 osfBackSpace Backspace osfBeginLine Home osfClear Clear osfCopy <unbound> osfCut <unbound> osfDelete Delete osfDown Down osfEndLine End osfCancel Escape osfHelp F1 osfInsert Insert osfLeft Left osfMenu F4 osfMenuBar F10 osfPageDown Next osfPageLeft <unbound> osfPageRight <unbound> osfPageUp Prior osfPaste <unbound> osfPrimaryPaste <unbound> osfQuickPaste <unbound> osfRight Right osfSelect Select osfUndo Undo osfUp Up RELATED INFORMATION xmbind(1X) VirtualBindings(3X)