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Patola	2010-05-16 , 12:42
Posts: 267 \| Thanked: 183 times \| Joined on Jan 2010 @ Campinas, SP, Brazil	#34

I just figured out how to do it in the n900 with gconftool-2.

In the terminal, as user (not root):

First, get the xml schema of the current configuration for xterm:
Code:
```
gconftool-2 --dump /schemas/apps/osso/xterm > /tmp/xterm.dump
```
Make a backup of this dump. Save it somewhere, so that you can get back if you screw up:
Code:
```
cp /tmp/xterm.dump /home/user/MyDocs/xterm-keys.dump
```
Then, using your preferred text editor (mine is vim, but can be leafpad, nano, etc.), open the dump file:
Code:
```
vim /tmp/xterm.dump
```

You'll find a xml section (way under "key_labels") containing the default values for the labels of the keys. It ends in PgDn:

Code:

                   <value>
                      <string>PgUp</string>
                    </value>
                    <value>
                      <string>PgDn</string>
                    </value>
                </list>
              </value>

Add your values there (try to keep it short, because it uses space on the screen):

Code:

                   <value>
                      <string>PgUp</string>
                    </value>
                    <value>
                      <string>PgDn</string>
                    </value>
                    <value>
                      <string>Pipe</string>
                    </value>
                    <value>
                      <string>&gt;</string>
                    </value>
                </list>
              </value>

The next xml section has the key values, and you have to add accordingly. In this example, from:

Code:

                    <value>
                      <string>Page_Up</string>
                    </value>
                    <value>
                      <string>Page_Down</string>
                    </value>
                </list>
              </value>

We add:

Code:

                    <value>
                      <string>Page_Up</string>
                    </value>
                    <value>
                      <string>Page_Down</string>
                    </value>
                    <value>
                      <string>bar</string>
                    </value>
                    <value>
                      <string>greater</string>
                    </value>
                </list>
              </value>

Notice that these symbols have to be in their correct case. The symbol for pipe ("|") is bar, all lowercase, and the symbol for greater (">") is greater, all lowercase.
Save the file then exit.
Now, load the modified schema:
Code:
```
gconftool-2 --load /tmp/xterm.dump
```
Voilà! You'll have your brand new symbols:

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Last edited by Patola; 2010-05-16 at 14:09. Reason: changed "Grtr" label to be ">"

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