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#1 2011-03-18 18:35:05
- kelnoky
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[Solved] Caps_Lock as mod4 after recent update
I always had caps configured as mod4 (the windows key) via an entry in ~/.Xmodmap. This doesn't seem to work anymore after the recent update, there are more topics on this here and also a ticket on the bugtracker. Now it seems it's really easy to achieve my wanted behaviour with setxkbmap options. As suggested here I can just do
setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocapsin order to get caps to work like the control key. Which works perfectly, but I can't figure out how to do it with mod4, since neither "mod4:nocaps" nor "Super_L:nocaps" works. Since I can't find anything in the setxkbmap manpage, I am stumped, thus asking for help here for this seemingly simple piece of remapping. 
Last edited by kelnoky (2011-03-19 02:50:10)
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#2 2011-03-19 01:59:17
- skottish
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Re: [Solved] Caps_Lock as mod4 after recent update
All of the options are listed here:
/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lstOffline
#3 2011-03-19 02:49:51
- kelnoky
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Re: [Solved] Caps_Lock as mod4 after recent update
Thank you! I was in the xkb folder searching for that, but it seemed pointless. This is what I needed! After reading a bit in that file, this is the right command to do what I need:
setxkbmap -option caps:superSolved.
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#4 2011-03-19 05:03:33
- bernarcher
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Re: [Solved] Caps_Lock as mod4 after recent update
All of the options are listed here:
/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst
Isn't it this one?
/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lstTo know or not to know ...
... the questions remain forever.
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#5 2011-03-19 16:40:44
- skottish
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Re: [Solved] Caps_Lock as mod4 after recent update
skottish wrote:All of the options are listed here:
/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lstIsn't it this one?
/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst
I didn't know that one. They are the same. xorg.lst points to base.lst, so maybe the best advice is to use base.lst and not evdev.lst. Thanks for that bernarcher.
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