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pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 1,020

QtCreator doesn't understand that I have Caps Lock and Esc swapped...

I use xmodmap to switch Caps Lock ans Esc, but in QtCreator, I still have to hit the actual escape button to trigger that key, for example I set the editor to use Vim-style editing. If I hit Caps Lock, nothing happens. If I hit escape, it will exist whatever mode the editor is in. It will also toggle Caps Lock because the rest of the DE knows that I have them swapped.

silenc3r

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-08-29

Posts: 149

Re: QtCreator doesn't understand that I have Caps Lock and Esc swapped...

try

setxkbmap -option caps:swapescape

If it works add it to your .xinitrc/.xprofile/whatever.

Another option is adding this line to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf:

Option "XkbOptions" "caps:swapescape"

Further reading: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … on_in_Xorg