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Title:note 3 has pointer to current kit
Notice:note 3 has pointer to current kit
Moderator:PEACHS::GHEFF
Created:Wed May 29 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3301
Total number of notes:14905

2477.0. "Running KM on X1.2a-4 fails" by TAV02::AMIT (Amit Margalit) Mon Jun 26 1995 11:04

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2477.1JAMIN::OSMANEric Osman, dtn 226-7122Thu Jan 30 1997 19:1226
I have found one simple way to produce this error.  It happens merely if
my sys$login:decw$km.dat file doesn't point to a valid keysym file.

For example, my current method of running km that comes up fine without
errors is with this .dat file:

!DECW$KM.DAT
km.mode:        0
km.primaryKeyboard:     foo
km.secondaryKeyboard:   foo
km.stickyWindow:        TRUE
km.grabKey:     Multi_key
km.modifierKey: Control_L


The file in my DECW$KEYMAP: area that gets used by decw$km.exe in this case
is foo.decw$keymap.

If I either rename that file to foo1.decw$keymap, or edit the decw$km.dat
file and change the "foo" to "fo", then I get the error message you saw.

So I'd say the error msg is a nonelegant way of decw$km.exe telling you it
can't find the keysym file pointed at by the .dat file.

/Eric