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On Sunday 04 Jan 2015 19:53:37 lee wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm trying to use the CapsLock key as control key. With 'setxkbmap |
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> -option ctrl:nocaps' that works --- until I use 'xmodmap' to load my |
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> keymap. Once the keymap is loaded, the CapsLock key again works as |
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> CapsLock and not as control. |
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> This worked fine with other distributions. Is there anything special to |
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> Gentoo which breaks this? |
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> Section "InputClass" |
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> Identifier "keyboard-all" |
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> Driver "evdev" |
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> Option "XkbLayout" "de" |
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> Option "XkbModel" "pc105" |
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> Option "XkbRules" "xorg" |
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> Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" |
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> MatchIsKeyboard "on" |
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> EndSection |
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What happens if you remove "ctrl:nocaps" above? |
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> ~/.xinitrc: |
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> [...] |
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> setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps |
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> xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap |
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> [...] |
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> ~/.Xmodmap: |
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> [...] |
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> keycode 37 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L |
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> [...] |
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and why do you need to specify this in .Xmodap? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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