Questions tagged [keymap]
A keymap is used to map certain keys or keyboard shortcuts to other ones, e.g. when using different keyboard layouts.
1
vote
1answer
38 views
my f1 f2 f3 f4 keys and 3 e d c keys do not work
My 3 e d c keys do not work.
At first around 5 days ago they started to randomly work but now they completely do not work, I found out my F1 F2 F3 and F4 keys didn't work today as well doing a ...
0
votes
1answer
28 views
Vim: Operator pending mode remaps not working
I'm trying to build a vimscript can be used with the Dvorak Simplified Layout. I.e., given that the keys on the keyboard plugged into the computer are laid out in the Dovark Simplified Layout (and the ...
0
votes
0answers
32 views
Japanese Keyboard: How do you use the symbols on the￥ key?
On a Japanese keyboard I can see that only the ￥ key has more than two Japanese symbols, i.e. ￥ , |, - and sometimes ¬. Which modifier keys (Shift, Alt, Ctrl etc.) do I need to press to get each of ...
0
votes
2answers
159 views
Remap Delete Key in Outlook 2016 - Move to Folder
I'm in an industry where it would be best practice to keep all of my emails, however, they live in either my deleted items once i've actioned them. Currently using Outlook 2016 with Exchange.
Our ...
0
votes
0answers
51 views
Keyboard is behaving wrong in Dell XPS 13 DE after Startup
After startup, I got wrong output when I pressed some keys.
3 -> 34/43
d -> df/fd
v -> cv/vc
And some other keys.
After few minutes. problem was fixed automatically.
It happens every time when I ...
0
votes
1answer
147 views
Change Keyboard Layout in TTY Permanently
How can I change the keyboard layout in the TTY aka text mode reached through the combinations Ctrl+Alt+F1 through F6 permanently?
I tried sudo echo 'KEYMAP=de' > /etc/conf.d/keymap and echo '...
0
votes
0answers
247 views
Ubuntu Keyboard mapping messed up
My Ubuntu OS's Keyboard mapping messed up, how to fix this?
When access to terminal, all fine, and access via vncviewer, specific program's key typing does not work at all normally.
when I type [...
0
votes
0answers
45 views
Changing what character is sent while pressing shift
I'd like to change they way my keyboard works.
I want my
< and >
keys changed to
" and "
keys.
Is there a way to change what the a key will send if the shift key is held down.
I'm ...
4
votes
2answers
856 views
xmodmap how to remap keys and disable the original ones?
I'm considering getting a 60% keyboard and want to try out working with that layout before buying the actual keyboard.
I'm trying to map arrow keys to caps lock + ijkl and disable the real arrow keys....
0
votes
1answer
1k views
X button control How to map keys to buttons
I want to map R and Shift to button 4 and 5 on my computer,how can I do this with X mouse Button Control?
0
votes
2answers
225 views
how to bind AltGr to Control_L in linux virtual console?
I want that my right alt (AltGr) behaves as my left control (Control_L) in linux virtual console.
I use the showkey utility and found out that pressing AltGr generates keycode 100. So I wrote a ...
0
votes
1answer
62 views
Mapping <C, \> in vim
I'm trying to add a key mapping from Ctrl-j to Ctrl-\ s. This is to make my life a bit easier when using cscope. I've tried the following mapping:
map <C-J> <C,\\>s
but it doesn't seem ...
0
votes
1answer
224 views
Disable ESC key
the ESC key on my computer is bad and causes the computer to misbehave. i tried disabling by using
xmodmap -e 'keycode 9='
But resulted in errors
xmodmap: commandline:1: bad keycode input ...
1
vote
1answer
333 views
Key mapping on Putty or Xterm
We have a lot of old PC's running Windows XP for the sole purpose of running a terminal emulator. Desperately want to get away from Windows XP, so have tried Ubuntu with Xterm and linux Mint with ...
0
votes
1answer
25 views
Two keyboards, Can I re keymap just one?
I have my main keyboard, and I also have an old PS/2 keyboard that I'd like to re keymap with effecting the other keyboard. What's the best way to do this?
I'm running Windows 10. My main Keyboard is ...
8
votes
0answers
1k views
Any ideas why Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 refuses to work properly on my Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit?
I downloaded MSKLC 1.4 from from Microsoft's Download Center, Run [it] as Administrator but it refuses to display the keyboard layout after File → Load Existing Keyboard...:
(Note the selected ...
1
vote
1answer
1k views
How to remap Right-Win and Right-Alt keyboard keys
... on a Unicomp Ultra Classic Buckling Spring keyboard in particular.
I recently bought one of these IBM Model M revivals. A great keyboard with one slight flaw: there are no Power, Sleep, Wake keys ...
2
votes
2answers
5k views
Change Z and Y on an English keyboard on Win 10 w/o buying software
Hez guzs... or I mean, hey guys! Ugh!
All I want is to have an English keyboard with Z and Y swapped. Why is it so hard to do? I do not want to buy a software just to have this little tweak going on....
1
vote
0answers
63 views
Is it possible to change what the windows button on the screen of HP Stream does?
I'm not talking about the windows key on the keyboard, it's the little windows icon/button on the screen of the convertible laptops (mine is an HP stream but I think other brands have the same button)....
1
vote
1answer
255 views
How to map ALT-return in .vimrc?
I'm trying to map a combination of left alt and return keys in my .vimrc, yet without success.
I've added all those mappings to my .vimrc file, with no effect:
map <M-esc> itest0<return>&...
1
vote
0answers
130 views
Greek characters with Alt-Gr + letter in console?
I would like to implement some Greek characters into my keymap in the console (tty). I am using Arch Linux and the directory I am working in is /usr/share/kbd/i386/qwerty/uk.map, although I don't know ...
0
votes
1answer
75 views
Finding X11 UTF GB files
I am using Linux Mint, and want to edit my compose keys according to the instructions given here. My keyboard settings are English (UK). However, in the folder /usr/share/X11/locale where I expect to ...
2
votes
0answers
120 views
Is there a way to map FN to MenuKey without outside software?
My new Rosewill mech keyboard has an FN key instead of Menu Key (aka context key or apps key). Is there any way I can map that to the Menu Key without downloading outside software? Unfortunately can'...
0
votes
1answer
512 views
tmux configuration to rename tab name to basename of working directory
I have this setting, which is supposed to rename the current window to my current directory by pressing <prefix>.
bind-key . run -b "tmux rename-window $(basename #{pane_current_path})"
For ...
1
vote
0answers
31 views
New Trisquel installation always at 100% CPU, log files grow very fast, graphical glitches, etc
About a week ago, I installed Trisquel on a rather old (2010-ish) computer, and ever since then there has been an issue which I had never found a solution for, but hesitated from asking for support ...
0
votes
0answers
18 views
How to use the left CMD key as colon/semicolon? [duplicate]
The colon/semicolon button doesn't work on my macbook pro because i spilled water on it.
I don't ever use the left command key on my Macbook, how can I remap these keys?
I have searched the web and ...
0
votes
1answer
1k views
Holding down the Alt key for several seconds makes keyboard behave strangely
When I hold down the Alt button on my Keyboard for my than 5 seconds, my keyboard and mouse starts acting very strange. For example, when I try typing, none of the typing keys work. Some buttons do ...
47
votes
3answers
6k views
Keys all switched on keyboard
My friend/enemy switched the keys on my keyboard as an April fool's joke. When I press Y, Z appears on the screen. Some keys work like b, x, g, i, d, and a few more. Also, when I press ctrl, it ...
1
vote
2answers
1k views
Can I configure my windows key to act like a fn key?
I've always hated the Fn keys. Give me dedicated home/end/pgup/pgdnkeys any day. But then I got a new laptop (XPS 13), and used it almost exclusively for 6 months.
Now I go back to my desktop, and ...
0
votes
1answer
386 views
Where can I find keyboard key names using in mc.keymap?
I want to assign some actions to key bindnigs in Midnight Commander like Alt+[ or Alt+].
Where can I find "code names" for this (and other) keys?
For example I already found some keys:
` = "prime"
{ ...
0
votes
1answer
178 views
How can I map a key combination to a character or modifier key in Windows 8?
I need to map Alt+e to é or to ´ (spanish accent). I read AutoHotKey may work but don't understand how.
2
votes
0answers
1k views
Backspace key in Microsoft Outlook 2010
I use Outlook 2010 on Windows 7. I'd like the backspace key to delete the current message, and not jump to a random message or folder.
Details: when viewing the list of messages in a mail folder, I ...
0
votes
0answers
29 views
Map a single key to a combination of keys [duplicate]
I'm trying to map one key to a combination of key.
To be more specific: I want to map the key ] to the combination Alt+5
I've already tried mapping softwares like:
Sharpkey
KeyTweak
1
vote
0answers
888 views
Make xmodmap Changes Permanent
I made some changes to my keymap by writing:
remove mod4 = Super_L
add control = Super_L
in ~/.Xmodmap
The changes work after running xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
But they will not stick after restart.
I ...
1
vote
2answers
3k views
Vim: map shift-K to open help on current word in a new tab
In conjunction with https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3131393/remapping-help-in-vim-to-open-in-a-new-tab , I'm looking to also make the shift-K shortcut that opens help in a new tab.
I first tried ...
1
vote
1answer
487 views
Shift+Ctrl+Tab not working in chrome with mapped Caps Lock key in Windows using SharpKeys
As suggested by this post, I used SharpKeys to map my Caps Lock key to Ctrl. A weird problem is that while other functions using this Caps Lock key as Ctrl works fine(like Caps Lock+Tab works fine in ...
2
votes
3answers
2k views
Windows 10 Xbox streaming - Keyboard and mouse?
I have been testing Xbox game streaming in Windows 10. When streaming a game, the Xbox app only supports controllers(gamepads). Would it be possible to map both the mouse and keyboard to the ...
1
vote
1answer
106 views
Is it possible to use two keyboards with two different keymaps?
Basically, what I am wanting to do is use a keyboard (i.e. in this case my Razer Black Widow as my main keyboard functioning as a keyboard with whatever my default keymap is at the time) and use my ...
1
vote
1answer
122 views
Is it possible to map Alt + Arrow Key to the start and end of a line in various applications?
I really miss the ability to use the arrow keys and a modifier to move between the start and the end of a line from OSX. Coming from OSX and doing this, it's a real hassle to have to move over to the ...
0
votes
1answer
2k views
Problems using awful.util.spawn in Awesome WM
I am having trouble using the awful.util.spawn call in my rc.lua config file for Awesome WM.
If I use: awful.util.spawn("xclock") it works.
But if I try awful.util.spawn("setxkbmap fr") there is no ...
-1
votes
1answer
123 views
How to choose the right keymap?
I have several Dell XPS13 laptops running Gentoo Linux. The latest one (which I bought used) has an Indian Rupee symbol beside the "4" on the 4 key and a Euro symbol beside the "5" on the 5 key. ...
2
votes
4answers
2k views
Permanently remap a key to an other xubuntu
I have seen many questions about how to remap a key, but somehow my problem is that it never remaps permanently.
Here is my ~/bootstrap-custom.sh
#!/bin/sh
# remaps Caps Lock to Ctrl
/usr/bin/...
2
votes
2answers
74 views
How to remap Enter as a right control modifier in Win 8.1?
I did this with keyRemap4macbook on OSX.
Enter alone works as Enter
but
Enter+Key becomes Ctrl+Key.
How do I do this in Windows?
0
votes
1answer
94 views
Restore previous Vim search term?
Is it possible to save/restore Vim search terms in a map?
For instance, I have the following in my .vimrc:
map ,/ :s/^/\/\//<CR>
If I have turned on highlighting (:set hls) previously in the ...
0
votes
2answers
3k views
Sharpkeys program alternative for linux?
Sorry it's the second time that I post this question because till now I can't found solution :
My keyboard is damaged, the keyboard key [é] is always pressed and it prevents me from working on ...
0
votes
1answer
909 views
How to make backspace key in Windows 8 Explorer get me to parent folder instead of going back in history? [revamped] [duplicate]
Posting the same question from another user, but for windows 8 instead.
In Windows XP, Backspace (aka ←) key leads you to the parent folder, but in Windows 8 it just goes back in history. How do I ...
1
vote
1answer
457 views
Virtualbox Guest keyboard not inheriting Host keymap
I have a MAC OS/X host system running a Xubuntu as guest.
In my MAC, in the shortcuts/key mappings, I chose to reverse the Command/CTRL keys (cause I use a PC keyboard and I'm used to it)
The ...
1
vote
2answers
1k views
How to make alt-backspace delete words in Windows?
I am attempting to make the text editing experience in a Windows workstation I use alongside my OS X systems line up with the keybindings that Cocoa offers.
To start, how would one change mappings so ...
3
votes
1answer
764 views
keymap swap underscore and dash
I have noticed that when coding I type underscores much more often then dashes. Is it possible to swap these keycodes so I can type shiftless underscores? I am using linux (chromebook developer mode).
1
vote
1answer
239 views
Doesn't “scrollwheelup/down” mapping work in gvim on windows OS?
I tried it all ways to make the mouse buttons ScollWheelUp/Down work in my vim.
Checked in all other plugins if there is a conflicting map, no conflicting map.
Tried this:
:verbose map <...
