xmodmap is the traditional way to remap a keyboard, but it's rather simplistic
and was replaced by XKB years ago. xmodmap isn't supported. The option you want
for XKB is ctrl:swapcaps and to set that from the command-line is with
"setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps". You will need to somehow run th
Hi Paul and all,
I guess I have Debian wheezy with a desktop of "default", the latter
being lame information!
victor@claudius:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:Debian
Description:Debian GNU/Linux 7.2 (wheezy)
Release:7.2
Codename:wheezy
victor@claudius
On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 11:54:47PM -0800, Victor Soich wrote:
> victor@claudius:~$ cat .xmodmap
> !
> ! Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L
> !
> remove Lock = Caps_Lock
> remove Control = Control_L
> keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
> keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
> add Lock = Caps_Lock
> add Control = Contro
Dear PLUG,
I'm trying to follow the instructions to swap my caps lock key and my
crtl key as recommended by the web site effective-emacs, for the
purpose of being an effective emacs user. The instructions are at
https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/effective-emacs
I think I did everything
