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Date:      Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:01:40 -0500 (EST)
From:      Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   X keymapping
Message-ID:  <14450.10100.495300.372549@onceler.kcilink.com>

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I have a MS natural keyboard running on FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE.  The
"Window" keys and the "Alt" keys at the bottom are opposite to what
I'm accustomed.  How can I swap these two keys under X?  I've tried
running the xkeycaps program and using the xmodmap it produces, but
that failed.  I tried adding these lines to my XF86Config file in the
Keyboard section:

   LeftAlt         Meta
   RightAlt        Meta

but that didn't do it.

Basically, what incantation do I need to swap Meta_L with Alt_L and
Meta_R with Alt_R.  All the apps I use have Meta-KEY combinations and
my fingers just can't deal with the swapped positions.

I used to run this keyboard on BSD/OS under Xaccel and the keys were
in the "right places", so that's why I'm used to it...

Thanks in advance for any help.

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