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Naunaud

Member

Registered: 2010-03-08

Posts: 9

Keyboard layout remap

Hi,

I've been using Archlinux in a VMWare machine for a while now.
I installed it on my laptop yesterday, it's working smoothly, except for one thing.
I can't seem to figure out how to edit the keyboard layout.
I need to rebind my ". ;" key to my "F9" key, because my ". ;" of my belgian keyboard on my laptop is dead...
I did this once with Xubuntu, but I don't know how to do it with Archlinux.

Kind Regards,

Naunaud.

ZaQ

Member

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 106

Re: Keyboard layout remap

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap

Naunaud

Member

Registered: 2010-03-08

Posts: 9

Re: Keyboard layout remap

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap

Hi,

Thank your for your input.
I've tried to edit the xmod output, but, whenever I rebind the semicolon / period key to the F9 key, I only have access to the semicolon, and not the the period (either when I use shift or caps lock), if I rebind a letter, it works normally.
Any idea?

Kind Regards,

Naunaud.

Last edited by Naunaud (2010-03-08 11:59:37)

ZaQ

Member

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 106

Re: Keyboard layout remap

Oh yes, it is really strange.... I tried some things but no luck. Maybe, you can live with F9=period and F11=semicolon or any other bind??

Sry that I cannot help you.

Naunaud

Member

Registered: 2010-03-08

Posts: 9

Re: Keyboard layout remap

Oh yes, it is really strange.... I tried some things but no luck. Maybe, you can live with F9=period and F11=semicolon or any other bind??

Sry that I cannot help you.

Yeah, I think I'll do that, it's strange because it worked on Xubuntu.
Thanks for your help though!

Regards,

Naunaud.

Mektub

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From: Lisbon /Portugal

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 647

Re: Keyboard layout remap

Yes, its strange. In my case:

keycode  78 = ccedilla Ccedilla (PrtScr)
keycode  107 = ordfeminine masculine (Scrolllock)

78 gives ç and shift-78 gives Ç, but 107 shifted or unshifted both give ª (shifted should give a small o).

However I also noticed that using a virtual keyboard (xvkbd in community), I am also unable
to get the small 'o' so I think it has something to do with the definitions in  /usr/share/X11/xkb.

I am using an american keyboard with the us(intl) layout (setxkbmap "us(intl)".

Since its not that important to me, I didn't bother to analyze further.

Mektub

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