Date:         Thu, 30 May 1996 15:24:58 -0400
Reply-To:     "Prather, Wanda" <PrathW1@XCHANGE1.SSD.JHUAPL.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Prather, Wanda" <PrathW1@XCHANGE1.SSD.JHUAPL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Delete key-how? in a SAS/UNIX(SOLARIS)/X environment

Same problem with SAS 609 under SAS/AIX (RS6000 UNIX) /X windows
environment using Xvision emulator.  We found same problem on a real X
terminal without emulation, and only in SAS, so concluded the problem
must be in the SAS definitions for X, rather than in the emulator.
 
To circumvent the problem, you can override your own X definitions by
creating a file called .Xdefaults (period, upper case X, lower case
defaults) in your personal home directory containing these lines:
 
SAS.keyboardTranslations: #override\
  <Key>Delete: sas-delete-char() \n\
  <Key>End: sas-delete() \n\
  <Key>Tab: sas-next-field() \
 
The SAS X interface and these key definitions are described in the SAS
Companion for UNIX Environments: User Interfaces manual, p. 60. I showed
this SAS manual to our X windows guru, and he helped figure it out.
 
The SAS X stuff lives in the /SAS609/X11/ subdirectory.  You should be
able to have your X administrator make the change global.  I never got
around to making the change globally, because the problem went away when
we installed SAS611 on AIX.
 
>----------
>From:  raj Agarwal[SMTP:rka.ra@worldnet.att.net]
>Sent:  Wednesday, May 29, 1996 8:41 PM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list SAS-L
>Subject:       Delete key-how? in a SAS/UNIX(SOLARIS)/X environment
>
>We are running SAS under the following environment:
>
>unix (solaris 2.4) Sparc server 1000
>X-windows emulation (using Hummingbird's X emulator)
>SAS.
>
>The problem is that we have not been able to get the DELETE key
>working.
>(Backspace works).
>
>Any help on what we need to do to get this working would be
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>raj
>