The xmaple program relies on the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB for keyboard input. This file has been removed from the version of X.org that comes with openSUSE 11.4. It can be downloaded from the libX11 GIT Repository. Without this file xmaple will print warning messages like:
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfActivate Warning: ... found while parsing '<Key>osfActivate:ManagerParentActivate()'
There's also a link to a closed bug report at the x.org site that states the file is not needed any more in X.org.
So to sum things up: the fact that the file is missing on more and more Linux Distros is related to the fact that X.org regards the file as obsolete.
It seems many applications ship their own XKeysymDB, but I am not sure if that's a good thing. What if I use two "old" apps on my Linux desktop, and one of them ships the file without support of Umlauts? Which one should I use, and how can I handle that?
Maybe this whole problem will go away with Instantiations' new Linux GUI framework that will not rely on Motif any more?
Joachim
Thanks for going 'wayback' and finding this FAQ . I will see that the
information is restored to our "new" FAQ.
John
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Cheers,
Louis
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Thanks for reminding me of the Web Archive. The Info there did in fact help exactly.
I could solve the Keyboard and Umlaut Problems. The Crashes on openSuse and kde remain, but all seems well on Ubuntu 11.1
Joachim