Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 23:21:20 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X keymapping Message-ID: <20000104232120.J352@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <14450.31645.168625.761260@onceler.kcilink.com> References: <14450.10100.495300.372549@onceler.kcilink.com> <20000104220745.F352@marder-1> <14450.29762.888402.877973@onceler.kcilink.com> <20000104224803.H352@marder-1> <14450.31645.168625.761260@onceler.kcilink.com>
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 06:00:45PM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote:
> >>>>> "MO" == Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> writes:
>
> >> Is there some way to modify the microsoft keyboard geometry file under
> >> X11 to swap these keys? I don't see exactly how that file works.
> >>
>
> MO> Firstly, do you have the line
>
> MO> XkbModel "microsoft"
>
> MO> uncommented in /etc/XF86Config?
>
> This is my Keboard section:
>
> Section "Keyboard"
> Protocol "Standard"
> XkbRules "xfree86"
> XkbModel "microsoft"
> XkbLayout "us"
> LeftAlt Meta
> RightAlt Meta
> EndSection
>
> as created by the XF86 configuration program during installation.
>
> MO> Also, are you saying that the "Windows" key is Meta_L by default? If
> MO> so then does:
>
> Yes. And the right side "Windows" key is Meta_R.
>
> MO> xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L"
> MO> xmodmap -e "keysym Meta_L = Alt_L Meta_L"
>
> MO> not swap them?
>
> Nope. It makes them both "Alt_L". I'll play with this... it is very
> close. I think both commands need to run in one invocation of xmodmap
> or it can't be done.
Sounds feasible.
> Kinda like swapping capslock/control.
>
Except that there's a builtin option for that
XkbOptions "ctrl:swapcaps"
Looking again at xmodmap(1) there is a section about swapping the
Control and CapsLock keys using "remove", "keysym" and "add". Maybe
this is the answer?
Also, do you know about xev(1)? It displays X events. It may help you
work this one out. Run it from an xterm and with the mouse in the
pop-up window (don't move the mouse as it generates loads of events)
press a key and release it. You will see, in the xterm, a KeyPress
event and a KeyRelease event. Look at the 3rd line and you will see
the keysym attached to the key, e.g.
keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L),
HTH
--
"there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture
that allows you to install Windows too"
-Matthew D. Fuller
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