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X(NumLock)=Mod2 (was Re: Profiler for Mathematica)

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• Subject: [mg36529] X(NumLock)=Mod2 (was Re: Profiler for Mathematica)
• From: "Scott A Centoni" <scentoni at hotmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:27:49 -0400 (EDT)
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> PS: One more quick one: Why does the front end act funny when I have the
> num lock turned on on Linux? (Linux,Athlon, KDE)

Your X server is set up so that the NumLock key is mapped to Mod2.  I
learned by accident that Mod2 is actually quite useful.  Mod2-click on a
cell selects all cells of that type in the current notebook.  This is an
easy way to delete all the graphics cells and output cells in a notebook to
reduce file size.  An annoying aspect is that Mod2-click means press
NumLock, click, then press NumLock again to turn it off.  You should be able
to map a different key to Mod2 using xmodmap.  Remapping modifier keys in X
is awfully annoying, though.  I recommend xkeycaps
(http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/).

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