Installation: Keyboard

Setting Keyboard Focus Automatically

Ada-ASSURED positions popup dialog boxes at your mouse location so that you automatically get keyboard focus. Use of Ada-ASSURED will be impaired if the window manager requires ``click to focus''. If keyboard focus is set automatically based on mouse position, skip the rest of this step. Otherwise, you should add a line to your .Xdefaults file or your .Xresources file (if you use xdm) depending on which window manager you use.

If you are using the Motif window manager mwm add the following line:

mwm*keyboardFocusPolicy:pointer
If you use the OpenWindows window manager olwm add the following line:

OpenWindows.SetInput:followmouse
For other window managers, you should consult their documentation.
Enter whichever of the following two commands is appropriate:

~/.Xdefaults
or

~/.Xresources
Enable the changes by restarting your window manager.

Hewlett Packard Keyboard Users

Older Hewlett Packard keyboards do not have a Meta or Alt key. On these keyboards, the key labelled Extend Char can be used as Meta. (Newer Hewlett Packard keyboards are based on the Intel, or PC 101 keyboard and do not have an Extend Char key.) By default, this key is also used with other keys to generate non-ASCII characters such as Ø. This feature must be turned off in order for Ada-ASSURED to function as described. The files named hpmodmap and hprestoremap in aahome/Ada-ASSURED3.5/files will modify the keyboard map and restore it, respectively. If you have such a keyboard, do this now by entering:

cd aahome/Ada-ASSURED3.5/files xmodmap hpmodmap

Motif Key Bindings

Ada-ASSURED depends on the correct translations of X keysyms to Motif key bindings. Motif comes with sample key translations for many platforms and X servers. Your system administrator should have installed the correct bindings for your site. However, if you notice that any of the following keys do not work as specified, you should ask your system administrator to check the Motif translations. Note, the following is a superset of the keys to check; not all keyboards have all of the keys listed:

Left

Right

Down

End

Home

Prior (often labeled PgUp)

Next (often labeled PgDn)

BackSpace

Delete

Insert

Help

Copy

Cut

Paste

Undo

Note for X11 R6 Users. If your site is using an X11 R6 server, then the key bindings shipped with Motif may not work. GrammaTech provides sample keybindings for X11 R6 servers in the directory aahome/Ada-ASSURED3.5/files/bindings/X11R6. Find the appropriate file that matches your platform and use it as a guide to update the files on your system. See the man pages for xmbind, mwm, and xmodmap for details.