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Hello, I'm trying to reassign some keys with xmodmap on an eee pc with Arch and xmonad. I have my .xinitrc running xmodmap on a file with the following contents:
keycode 34 = parenleft braceleft parenleft braceleft
keycode 35 = parenright braceright parenright braceright
keycode 18 = 9 bracketleft 9 bracketleft
keycode 19 = 0 bracketright 0 bracketright
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
add Control = Control_L
The first four lines swap the bracket and paren keys, and that works fine. With the last three I am trying to remap the caps lock key to function as a second left control. xmodmap seems to think that it works (see output below,) but the caps lock key is still functioning as a caps lock.
~$ xmodmap
xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock
control Control_L (0x25), Control_L (0x42), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71), Meta_L (0x9c)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4 Super_L (0x73), Super_R (0x74), Super_L (0x7f), Hyper_L (0x80)
mod5 Mode_switch (0x5d), ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c)
I tried a few variants of the caps lock removal lines, including the example in the xmodmap man page that purports to swap the caps lock and left control, and a slight variant on the example in the arch wiki. No matter what I do, though, the caps lock functions as a caps lock.
Here's part of the xev output from when I hit my caps lock key.
state 0x2, keycode 66 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 37
Any ideas on what is going wrong?
Last edited by Vivitronnumbers (2010-11-29 20:37:29)
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This works for me on my 901:
# disable CapsLock & map to Escape
setxkbmap -option caps:escape
# call Xmodap if the above fails
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
.Xmodmap
!! Map Caps to Esc
clear Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Escape
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Thanks, that seems like a nudge in the right direction but I'm not there yet."setxkbmap -option capse:escape" works to change caps to an escape, but it also binds home to home-end and is adding an enter key press to the down arrow. It may also cause some other weird behavior - it's hard to tell.
The only change visible in setxkbmap -print is the addition of capslock(escape) :
~$ setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+inet(evdev)+capslock(escape)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc104)" };
};
When I do a setxkbmap with a blank options to remove the caps lock remap the home and down arrow remain broken.
Last edited by Vivitronnumbers (2010-11-29 20:39:09)
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