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DeletedUser210705

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Registered: 2020-10-01

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Trying to remap Control to CapsLock+Alt

Hello, I've been using an Xmodmap config that turns hjkl keys on your keyboards into the arrow keys when CapsLock is pressed down (I found it here). Here's what it looks like:

!remove Caps Lock
clear lock
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Shift = Caps_Lock

!add Mode_switch
keycode 66 = NoSymbol NoSymbol
keycode 66 = Mode_switch

!vim-like and other custom keybindings
keysym h = h H Left NoSymbol NoSymbol NoSymbol
keysym j = j J Down NoSymbol NoSymbol NoSymbol
keysym k = k K Up NoSymbol NoSymbol NoSymbol
keysym l = l L Right NoSymbol lstroke Lstroke
keysym q = q Q Escape NoSymbol NoSymbol NoSymbol

I also added q as Escape, this config works without issues, but the thing is my left control is broken so I'm trying to make it so when I press down on CapsLock left Alt becomes Control, but I cannot seem to be able to do that, I have tried adding this to the end of the config:

!add CapsLock+Alt as Control
clear Mod1
clear control
add Mod1 = Control_L Control_R
add control = Control_L Control_R

It did not work, it shows this error:

X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  118 (X_SetModifierMapping)
  Value in failed request:  0x17
  Serial number of failed request:  20
  Current serial number in output stream:  20

I have also made some other small adjustments to it, but they did not work either. Some help would be greatly appreciated