[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert Cussons wrote:
Michael F. Lamb wrote:
jaywee wrote:
*! Swap caps lock and escape, good for Vim
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keysym Escape = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Escape
add Lock = Caps_Lock
*to a file named .speedswapper to the home directory, and run
*xmodmap ~/.speedswapper* in a terminal, I follow the guide and
finally done! but the bad thing is I have to run the command every
time I reboot ubuntu!!
so any helps??
If it's a default Ubuntu install, meaning you're a Gnome user, name
the file .Xmodmap rather than .speedswapper. When you log in, it
should detect it automatically, and ask if you wish to use it.
You might also find that configuration option available in the Gnome
"Keyboard Properties" part of the system configuration menu, I'm not
sure.
Hi, I've been using this tip for ages and find it very useful, but I
have the same problem as jaywee and none of the solutions so far
suggested have solved the problem. I am using Debian Etch with KDE
3.5.5. In my home directory, I have tried creating a .xinitrc with the
same contents as the .speedswapper file (there wasn't one already
existing), I have tried creating a .Xmodmap file with the same
contents and I have looked in the KDE control panel for anything that
might be able to do this, but didn't find anything. It's not a big
problem, but it just would be nice to have it done automatically :-)
Thanks for any help,
Rob.
Hi, to make commands to be run when your desktop first loads I found
this page useful:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Autostart_Programs
so, to ensure your keys get swapped when KDE starts, put the commands
into any accessible file (~/.speedswapper above). Then create a shell
script in the appropriate directory for your distribution (on xfce4 here
it is ~/.config/autostart, and in KDE it is ~/.kde/Autostart) that calls
xmodmap:
#!/bin/bash
xmodmap ~/.speedswapper
Make that executable (chmod +x ~/.kde/Autostart/swapscript)
Thanks so much Chris, I should have known to look in the Gentoo pages,
they are always very helpful and generally well explained.
and you should have what you want (just in case any of you are lawyers,
I, of course, do not mean to imply that this solution will give you
everything that you want, just the required results of this question).
Just have to wait 'til next time I log out and and in again to see if I
achieve nirvana... ;-)
cheers
Chris
