In message <199704242115.QAA27485@is.rice.edu>, Colin Wood writes:
>> I can't find 'xev' in the current X11R6 distribution. 
>> There is no man page and no executable in /usr/X11R6/bin.
>> 
>> Does anyone know what's happened to xev? If it no longer
>> exists, is there another program that will display X events
>> in a window?
>
>I believe that you can grab a copy of the source off of the X Consortium's
>server at ftp.x.org and compile it just fine under NetBSD.

  It looks like Xev has been replaced by some other functions in X11R6. At
  least I couldn't find it at ftp.x.org and there are some new binaries in
  X11R6/bin that fiddle with keystrokes( try ls *key* in X11R6/bin).  The
  man pages hint that these new functions are intended to partially replace
  Xev, but then they go on to say that you shouldn't expect to much...

  More importantly, maybe your can help  answer the basic question that 
  I was trying to use Xev to answer.

  I pulled down an Amiga binary for the GUI editor Nedit from ftp.NetBSD.org.
  Everything seems to be working, except for one *very* annoying feature. The
  BackSpace key doesn't work (It inserts the characters '<del>').  I tried
  using 'xmodmap' to change the mapping on the keysym BackSpace but that didn't
  work. No amount of fiddling seemed to get things working. I was hoping to use
  'Xev' as a last attempt at figuring out what keysymbol was being generated
  when I pressed the Backspace or Delete keys.

  Do you have any idea how to breath some life into my BackSpace key inside
  an X11 application (Mind you it works fine in the Xterm)?

David


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