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MrAllan

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Registered: 2008-12-08

Posts: 132

Remapping keys...

Hi,

I got a MacBook Pro. To make Linux feel a bit more like OS X, I tried to invert the cmd and ctrl keys. Here's the script I'm using:

xmodmap -e "keycode 133 = Control_L"
xmodmap -e "keycode 134 = Control_R"
xmodmap -e "keycode 37 = Super_L"

However, this is not working. As a matter of fact, this changes nothing at all. What am I missing?

Cheers,
Allan

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: Remapping keys...

Did you read through the xmodmap wiki entry?

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MrAllan

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Registered: 2008-12-08

Posts: 132

Re: Remapping keys...

Did you read through the xmodmap wiki entry?

Yes.

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: Remapping keys...

I don't know why it doesn't work for you, it works on my MBP...

Did you enter them in a console and then check the results with xev?

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MrAllan

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Registered: 2008-12-08

Posts: 132

Re: Remapping keys...

I don't know why it doesn't work for you, it works on my MBP...

Did you enter them in a console and then check the results with xev?

Yup, checked it with xev. It does reports Control_R / Control_L when I hit the cmd keys and Super_L when I hit the ctrl key, just like I want it. But if I use a program, like Mousepad and try to select the whole text with cmd+a, it doesn't work; I still have to use ctrl+a.

EDIT: It now works. I hadn't followed the wiki exactly...

Last edited by MrAllan (2010-11-07 17:01:34)