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How to permanently swap esc and caps lock in xfce / xubuntu?
I followed some post a while ago, and it said to make an ~/.xmodmap file like so:
! Swap caps lock and escape
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keysym Escape = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Escape
add Lock = ...
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Set customized keyboard layout as default
I designed a keyboard layout for myself, after I run xmodmap it works OK, but after standby or reboot, the layout turn back to qwerty.
How can I set it as default? My OS is Debian Wheezy with Xfce4.
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Disabling caps lock by setxkbmap makes it Shift key in Emacs
I'm using GNU Emacs 23.2.1. within Xfce 4.8.0 (both coming from the Ubuntu Natty repository). I disable the CapsLock by running /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps" at the beginning of the Xfce ...
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Permanently remapping a key on Linux
I'm using an aluminum Apple keyboard with my Mandriva 2010.2 Linux system. I remap the Apple Command key to Control using the following .Xmodmap file:
keycode 134 = Control_R
remove mod4 = Multi_key
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Diagnosing xmodmap errors
I'm getting this error when trying to use xmodmap to get rid of caps lock:
$ xmodmap -e 'clear Lock'
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode ...
