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71 questions linked to/from How do I remap certain keys or devices?
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How can I remap keyboard keys? [duplicate]
I am looking for general instructions on remapping keys.
Can someone tell me how to remap F9 to PrtScr and F10 to ScrollLock button?
I have looked through every thread here and none of the ...
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Ubuntu equivalent of Karbiner for Mac? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a relatively easy way for doing custom keyboard shortcuts on Ubuntu. Coming from OS X, there was an amazing tool called Karabiner that allowed me to easily remap keys to predefined ...
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grave accent key is not working [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu since August 2010. Now, I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with gnome-shell 3.12.1.
I was trying to find shortcut for toggling language but it couldn't work and my grave accent key (`) is also ...
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How to change one key in the keyboard? [duplicate]
I need to change only one key in my keyboard, the key for ç, it is not used in my language nor the keyboard language so I don't know why someone would put that key there, in fact I've only seen that ...
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Down Arrow Key is not working [duplicate]
My Down Arrow Key in the keyboard is not working. Is there any way to map its functionality into another key in Ubuntu. How can I solve this problem without replacing my Keyboard?
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Remapping only 1 key to another [duplicate]
I rarely use '^' (Shift+6 or Unicode U+005E) and use '⁓' (Unicode U+2053) all the time as part of my signature on emails and so forth.
I realize the Swung Dash (⁓) and Tilde (~) are very similar, I ...
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My "a" key is busted. I want to map to another key [duplicate]
Other posts I've seen mostly seem to refer to special/modifier keys.
Is there a way to remap the a key to something else?
Cinnamon 17, 64-bit. I have a Japanese win keyboard.
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How to map right windows key to backspace? [duplicate]
BackSpace key is out of range of my right hand, and everytime I work with text editor in such conditions where I need a backspace key stroke, it makes me look at my keyboard, and so disturbs my rhythm ...
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How can I change what keys on my keyboard do? (How can I create custom keyboard commands/shortcuts?)
I want to change the key bindings on some of the keys on my keyboard. I want some to run commands and others to activate different keys.
What applications can I use to do this?
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How do I enter the Euro symbol?
I have a US English keyboard. How do I enter a euro symbol in Ubuntu? I can't find the symbol in character map, and I don't really want to change keyboard layout just to type one symbol occasionally.
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Remapping Caps Lock in 14.04 Trusty Tahr
I've seen a number of questions that point to a GUI menu to remap caps lock, but that menu seems to be gone in 14.04. Am I just not finding it, or is it really gone? I know you can use xkbmap to remap ...
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Permanently set keyboard layout options with setxkbmap in gnome/unity
Ubuntu 13.101 (and maybe upstream gnome) introduced very annoying bug: pressing keyboard layout switch shortcut makes focus go away to some system window, then back to window where shortcut was ...
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How to change decimal comma to decimal period in numpad?
How to change the decimal comma ',' to decimal period '.' in the numeric pad of the keyboard?
I have used xmodmap but every time that I change my keyboard layout the changes (by xmodmap) are being ...
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Emulate Keypad on Laptop
I have a laptop without a numeric keypad on which I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, and I very much enjoy playing roguelike games. Such games tend to require a numpad for movement, targeting, &c., as one ...
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How do I bind .sh files to keyboard combination?
Just wondering; how do I bind .sh files to run when I press a particular key combination? (like Alt+S)
Thanks,
Dante