Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > On Fri 14 Aug 2015 at 15:41:07 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > >> Some of the keys are causing problems and disrupting what I do, due to >> the keys apparently being inadvertently pressed. >> >> How do I disable the <Caps Lock> key, and, how do I disable the left >> hand <CTRL> key, and, how do I disable the <Windows> keys? >> >> Thank you in anticipation. > > We hope spoon-feeding is not part of your anticipation. :) > > You've searched and searched. xmodmap might have come up. In what way > were the solutions involving this utility or other techniques you came > across unsatisfactory?
That information is not obvious and using xmodmap is only one way to do it. Most desktop environments have a keyboard section in their settings manager that can handle some of that. The setxkbmap program will also handle that at a higher level. Use of that is not obvious so it references the xkeyboard-config(7) man page which is still not obvious. I handle my configuration with the following line in my ~/.xsession: setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps,compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp The ctrl:nocaps converts the capslock to a control key, but there is also the ctrl:swapcaps option. Most of X11 configuration is still a mystery to me. -- Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org
