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Binding Super+C Super+V to Copy and Paste
If you want to bind just a few sequences of the form Super+x, Super+c, Super+v to other sequences like Ctrl+x, Ctrl+c, Ctrl+v, for example so that (as the OP desired) these particular Super-key ...
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12
votes
How to remap CAPS LOCK on Wayland?
For gnome you can use
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['caps:ctrl_modifier']"
While the preferred way for X is now
setxkbmap -option caps:ctrl_modifier
instead of ...
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12
votes
How to swap control and function key on Lenovo external keyboard?
As of September 2020, swapping Ctrl and Fn is now possible without the hardware modifications described by Martin.
Instructions can be found here, courtesy of the OP, I will recount them for ...
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How to map the Caps Lock key to Escape key in Arch Linux
Xorg.conf
You can achieve this by editing the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf.
Example file:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
...
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8
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How do I swap Alt and Windows keys with xmodmap?
I found that on Ubuntu 16.04 that uses xkb and gnome you need a few extra steps when compared to Christopher Devine's answer answer above if you want to retain all of the short cut behavior for the ...
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How to swap control and function key on Lenovo external keyboard?
Answering my own question:
Thanks to Lenovo forum user blackdot54 from Canada, there is a hardware modding solution, that works well for me:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Displays-Options-and-...
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5
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xmodmap how to remap keys and disable the original ones?
After reading in and getting some information around. It appears that the issue is that you have to delete the modifiers before actually doing the remapping.
To the answer :
After changing the ...
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4
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How do I swap Alt and Windows keys with xmodmap?
You can also set the hid_apple kernel module options to only modify your apple keyboard but not normal PC keyboards. No need to use xkbmap or Xmodmapr. Just create the file /etc/modules.d/hid_apple....
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Emulating mouse click with a keyboard
The built-in "Keyboard Mouse Emulation" mode can do this and/but has pre-configured key combinations for emulating various mouse clicks and presses (for dragging).
(FYI: The key combination to turn ...
4
votes
Xmodmap fails to remap modifier keys
According to the Xmodmap Manual, there is at least one key step it appears you have left out. Not only must you "remove" the modifier bit assignments you must also "clear" the keys from the modifier ...
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How to disable a keyboard key in Linux (Ubuntu)?
A simple bash script for my personal use has been uploaded at https://github.com/anitaggu/ikbdop.
To disable internal keyboard of laptop,
./ikbdop.sh detach
To enable the keyboard again
./ikbdop.sh ...
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How to remap CAPS LOCK on Wayland?
For completeness: Under KWin/KDE you can remap Caps-Lock (and a few other control keys) quite flexibly using System settings → Input Devices → Keyboard → Advanced.
In particular you can set the Key to ...
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What is the function of the modifier keys in xmodmap?
X11 provides 8 modifiers to any keypress. You seem to have a fairly conventional set, where shift, control and lock have the obvious mappings.
mod1 usually represents Meta or Alt, and mod2 to mod5 ...
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How to make my Alt_R function as another Control on Linux
If you are one of the unfortunate people like me that could not get xmodmap to switch right Alt with right Ctrl, then maybe this will help.
If you press right Alt and e and you get é then this ...
3
votes
Disable Escape key in linux?
Just for completeness, this is how I did it.
$ cat ~/.config/xmodmap.d/disable-esc
keycode 9 = NoSymbol
keycode 66 = Escape ! Make CAPS lock the new Escape
This can then be invoked on logon to ...
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xmodmap - remap Caps_Lock to Escape and Shift+Caps_Lock to Caps_Lock
Finally found a way to make this work. I figured out that X keyboard extension yet offers an option for this.
By looking at /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst i found the following line:
caps:...
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How do I swap Alt and Windows keys with xmodmap?
I'd recommend against using xmodmap in the future due to it not working in Wayland, but that aside setxkbmap or xkbcomp would be the best method to use going forward and my project Kinto uses it.
...
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Swapping special keys
You are switching it twice so it returns to the origin.
Instead you should have changed modifier:
remove mod1 = Alt_L
remove control = Control_L
add mod1 = Control_L
add control = Alt_L
or keycode:
...
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Changing the Mod key in Awesome WM
Way late, but for others' reference:
The problem seems to be that xmodmap isn't identifying any of the keys you listed as modifier keys. AwesomeWM therefore doesn't allow them to be used as modifier ...
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2
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Binding Super+C Super+V to Copy and Paste
Update 02/03/2020
Kinto - Type in Linux like it's a Mac.
I think this latest update better addresses the issue the original author was trying to tackle, even though it is binding Super to Ctrl+Shift ...
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How to map the Caps Lock key to Escape key in Arch Linux
The Arch repos now include two relevant interception tools:
caps2esc (tap=esc, hold=ctrl)
dual-function-keys (fully customizable tap/hold remappings)
caps2esc (tap=esc, hold=ctrl)
Install via ...
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2
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Switching left alt and left win
The solution is clean and a built in function:
setxkbmap -option altwin:swap_lalt_lwin
(I am using it for my Thinkpad X260) on Fedora 27 and the Windowmanager Xmonad, which uses the Super_L key as ...
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How to disable a keyboard key in Linux (Ubuntu)?
None of the above-mentioned method works on Wayland. I am not sure about other desktop environments, but the easiest way to disable a specific key on a specific keyboard on sway-wm is to use keyd. It ...
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Non-toggling caps lock with xkmodmap or xkb?
Edit the file (as sudo)
/usr/share/X11/xkb/compat/basic
and change
interpret Any+Lock {
action= LockMods(modifiers=Lock);
};
to
interpret Any+Lock {
action= SetMods(modifiers=Lock);
};
Then ...
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Cannot remap keys with xmodmap in Fedora 26
xmodmap doesn't work in Wayland. You'll need to use xkb instead. This has several advantages, although convenient configuration is not one of them.
See Create xkb configuration from xmodmap for a way ...
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2
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xmodmap - remap Caps_Lock to Escape and Shift+Caps_Lock to Caps_Lock
I followed the example from the xmodmap wiki for 'CapsLock to Control and Shift+CapsLock to CapsLock' and it worked.
clear lock
keycode 66 = Escape Caps_Lock NoSymbol NoSymbol
You might need to log ...
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xmodmap how to remap keys and disable the original ones?
Sorry for writing an answer instead of commenting, but I still don't have enough reputation for that. I know that this doesn't answer you question, but it could solve your problem.
Instead of ...
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How to remap CAPS LOCK on Wayland?
For sway you can use:
export XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS=caps:escape
before running:
sway
reference https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki
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Rebind windows key of microsoft sculpt ergo mouse
I found the following solution here
xmodmap -e "keycode 134 = XF86Forward"
xmodmap -e "keycode 134 = XF86Back"
You can get the keycode using the tool xev
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fedora 25 map winkey into control
As mentioned by @user2889981 in https://superuser.com/a/1193894/1032352, it can be done in Gnome Tweaks app. In Fedora 29 it's in Keyboard & Mouse > Additional Layout Options (button next to ...
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