Original questions:
Which file has the definitions of the "\" sequence, such as "\d"?
And which file define the keyboard mapping, for example, how to press an
Erase key, or a Kill, an Interrupt, etc ?
Many thanks to:
Robert L. McMillin
Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-884-0646
They both pointed out that the definitions are application specific. And
here's Dr. Tom Blinn's answer:
> Interpretation of "\" sequences is done by software. You might take a look
> at, for example, the printf, tr, and ascii reference pages for just a few
> places. Note that while these are some places where there are definitions
> of ways the backslash character is interpreted by system software, a user
> application could choose to do something completely different.
>
> If you have the reference pages on your system, you can try man -k keyboard
> to get a listing of some of the reference pages that explain keyboard maps.
> There is SOME mapping of keyboard presses done in system software, but to
> the best of my knowledge, it's not fully documented in any manual or other
> material that's delivered with the system software. I've had occasion to
> look at the kernel sources that define the keyboard mappings (this is the
> very basic stuff) for a few supported keyboards, and it isn't pretty. The X
> window system has its own rules that extend what the base OS does. And of
> course, any user application could make its own rules (as, for example, the
> Emacs text editor has been known to do in the past).
>
Received on Fri Feb 13 1998 - 02:28:58 NZDT