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71 questions linked to/from How do I remap certain keys or devices?
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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 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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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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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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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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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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How to simulate keyboard input?
This is the biggest thing keeping me from enjoying Ubuntu/Linux.
Ideally I'd like to just be able to run my AutoHotKey script on Ubuntu, but I didn't have much luck getting that working with Wine.
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Configure Caps Lock as AltGr and Arrows like in vim
1. How do I globally map Caps Lock to AltGr?
I don't need CapsLock and rather would like to have an easy access AltGr Key there
2. I want to map all movement keys to vim-like positions
AltGr+F = ...
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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
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Left Alt key should work as right Alt key (Alt Gr)
I'm using a German Apple keyboard on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine. Under Mac OS X the left Alt key has the same behavior as the right Alt key (I think the right Alt key acts as the AltGr).
I don't know ...
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Map caps-lock key to middle mouse click
Since I rarely use caps-lock, I'd like to map the key to a middle mouse click instead. I would also like to map Alt+Caps Lock to the original function of the caps lock key, should I ever need it.
I ...
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Trying to map <Ctrl>+<hjkl> to <Left Down Up Right> globally (Vim-like arrow keys) with xmodmap
I am trying to map Ctrl+H,J,K,L to arrow keys Left,Down,Up,Right, respectively, on Ubuntu OS (globally, not inside Vim).
I've attempted the solution posted here, but the modifier commands are not ...
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How to remap key with shift and alt modifier using xmodmap?
I want to put have the following behaviour for key with code 94:
by default it is '<'
with Shift it is '>'
with Alt it is '|'
I only managed to get the default and Shift behaviour by using ...
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Simplest way to swap esc key with ` key
What is the simplest way to swap the functionality of the Esc key and the ` key?
System ➜ Preferences ➜Keyboard ➜ Layouts ➜ Options let me swap my Ctrl key and Capslock key, which was good, but it ...