Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 18742
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2000/7/21-22 [Computer/SW/Unix/WindowManager, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:18742 Activity:moderate
7/20    When I press PGUP key when running Solaris xterm, instead of sending
        that keystroke to whatever application that is running in the xterm
        (such as a less pager) xterm scrolls up the contents of its buffer.
        Is there an X resource setting or something to fix this highly annoying
        behavior?
        \_ Yes.
           \_ How?
        \_ Look at /usr/openwin/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm and receive
           enlightenment (or a splitting headache).
           \_ extra hint: canonical name for PGUP is "Prior"
                \_ huh?
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