Re: key mapping in Xmodmap
-- "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> spake thusly:
Michael> I do something similar:
Not really.
Michael> remove Control = Control_L
Michael> remove Lock = Caps_Lock
Michael> keysym Control_R = Caps_Lock
So far, so good. You now have no key that can do lock, and you have a
key in the lower right corner that does control. That key generates
the keysym Caps_Lock. The key in the lower left corner generates the
keysym Control_L, and the key to the left of the "A" generates the
keysym Caps_Lock.
Michael> add Control = Caps_Lock
You have added the control modifier to the key to the left of "A" and
(redundantly) to the key in the lower right corner.
Michael> keycode 37 = F22
I assume this keycode corresponds to the key in the lower left corner?
That key now generates the keysym F22. You have no Control keys
anymore, although you can generate control keystrokes. Summarizing:
Physical Keysym Modifier
------------------ --------- --------
Left of "A" Caps_Lock control
Lower left corner F22
Lower right corner Caps_Lock control
It might also help if someone were to point out the commands that need to be added to the
current configuration to get the appropiate behavior.
I'll attempt to do so, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
I know for a fact that you want to make "Left of 'A'" a control key. To
do this, figure out what the keycode of that key is (using xev), and then add to .xmodmap
(assuming your keyboard is like mine, which it probably is):
keycode 66 = Control_L
Then I'm going to make a leap and guess that you want the lower right corner to be a
Caps Lock. So you could do:
remove Control = Caps_Lock
add Lock = Caps_Lock
This should give you a configuration:
Physical Keysym Modifier
------------------ --------- --------
Left of "A" Control_L control
Lower left corner F22
Lower right corner Caps_Lock (caps) lock
With the set of commands:
remove Control = Control_L
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keysym Control_R = Caps_Lock
add Control = Caps_Lock
keycode 37 = F22
keycode 66 = Control_L
remove Control = Caps_Lock
add Lock = Caps_Lock
I've tried launching XEmacs with this configuration, and it doesn't complain.
There's a probably a shorter way to get what you want (it seems like that
configuration does a bit too much moving things around), but I'll leave that as an
exercise for you if you want to pursue it.
Now I have to figure out how to fix my keyboard. ;-)
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