Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:19:46 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: William Bulley <web@umich.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tried everything (Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L) nothing works! Message-ID: <20150325151946.88f90a76.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1503251008060.10123@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <20150325125708.GH3131@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1503251008060.10123@tripel.monochrome.org>
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On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:12:53 -0400 (EDT), Chris Hill wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 2015, William Bulley wrote: > > > This is really annoying. I know I have used xmodmap(1) in the past > > and it served me well. I now have a Dell keyboard on a Dell system > > and I can't get the caps lock key swapped with the left control key. > > > > Here is what I have now (yes, both -- belt and suspenders...): > > > > unix% head -6 $HOME/.xmodmaprc > > remove Lock = Caps_Lock > > remove Control = Control_L > > keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock > > keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L > > add Lock = Caps_Lock > > add Control = Control_L > > unix% grep modmap .xinitrc > > /usr/local/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.xmodmaprc > > unix% grep swap /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" > > unix% pkg info | grep xorg-server > > xorg-server-1.14.7_2,1 X.Org X server and related programs > > The filename might be case sensitive. It _is_, but he properly calls it: He cites "head -6 $HOME/.xmodmaprc" and "/usr/local/bin/xmodmap $HOME/.xmodmaprc", so this isn't a problem. Otherwise, the xmodmap program would report an error. This is my ~/.xinitrc entry for xmodmap, for comparison: [ -f ~/.xmodmaprc ] && xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc You can always verify the desired xmodmap effect by calling it within an xterm. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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