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From: Johan Carlsson <johanc@fusion.kth.se>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: 8-bit character set in NetBSD
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:55:45 +0200
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To: Saltsjobadens Samskola <sirius@aristotle.algonet.se>,
Vizoso <vizoso@arrakis.es>
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On 23 May 1997, Saltsjobadens Samskola wrote:
> How do I get 8-bit character set in NetBSD/mac68k and swedish keymap?
There's no kernel support for it if that's what you're asking for. Your
only option is to put a file called .xmodmaprc in your home directory.
This file is read by the utility xmodmap which, as the name indicates,
remaps the keyboard *under X* (man xmodmap for more info). I.e. to use a
{Swedish,Spanish,Klingon,*} key mapping you *have to run X* under NetBSD.
I'm happily running X on a IIcx w/ 8MB RAM.
There is a really nice graphical front end to xmodmap which is called
xkeycaps, I found it somewhere under
<ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-Amiga/contrib/.index.html>.
Good luck!
/Johan
P.S. No I don't have a Swedish .xmodmaprc to send you, I use my own
mapping to get Swedish characters ;-)