From: Joseph Huber [huber@mppmu.mpg.de] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 7:08 AM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: xfree and vms In article , vervoom writes: > Hi, > > I'd like to run DecWindows from a VMS Vax system on xfree86, but I have > a couple of problems which I wondered if anyone here could help me out with? You mean the Vax/VMS Decwindows is the X11 display server ? If the Vax/VMS is on the X11 client, then the fonts on the VMS are irrelevant ! > 1. Missing fonts: I couldn't find any pcf fonts on the system, only > *.DECW$FONT files. Is there a utility around which would convert those > to pcf/bdf format? Or anywhere I can download them from? On VAX, the decwindows server uses only the SNF format (the *.decw$font files). I can't provide You with the fonts, but font sources (BDF files) can be compiled into the VMS decwindows server formats (SNF, PCF on Alpha) with the FONT compiler command (see HELP FONT). > 2. Not all the keys work: Has anyone got an xmodmap with all the key > mappings? For Your particular Xserver/keyboard combination ? Use the XEV utility coming with decwindows (in the DECW$UTILS: directory ), or the XKEYCAPS program ( http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/ ). They give You the actual keycodes to enter into the xmodmap file. To work with VMS (editors), one needs as a minimum to map keypad PF1 to PF4, depending on personal taste either to F1 to F4, or to "NumLock|/|*|-". Example for a DEC PCXAL keyboard (PC style) on an DEC3000 station: keycode 139 = Insert keycode 140 = DRemove keycode 141 = Select keycode 142 = Prior keycode 143 = Next keycode 161 = KP_F1 ! Function key f1 mapped as DEC PF1 keycode 162 = KP_F2 keycode 163 = KP_F3 keycode 164 = KP_F4 keycode 129 = Help ! DEC HELP keycode 130 = Menu ! DEC do -- Joseph "Sepp" Huber mailto:joseph.huber@web.de http://www.huber-joseph.de/