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Caps-Lock remaps to ESC doesn't desactivate the capslocking

I'm the happy owner of a Asus ZenBook Prime UX31A-R4005P running kubuntu 13.04. I'm also a happy vim user, that mean I'm lazy and don't like for my hands to move more than they should. I did remap ...
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How can I correctly rebind an additional space to another key?

I've bought a split ergonomic keyboard, and wish to bind the left spacebar to space. I'm attempting to use xmodmap, which binds it fine when pressed alone, except it does not correctly recognise ...
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After swapping ctrl and caps in xmodmap, how can I make ctrl work properly for multi-modifier combinations?

I've swapped left ctrl and caps lock by creating ~/.Xmodmap keycode 66 = Control_L keycode 37 = Caps_Lock clear Lock clear Control add Lock = Caps_Lock add Control = Control_L Control_R then ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 xmodmap reset after usb plug/unplug

In Ubuntu 12.10 my .Xmodmap settings get lost (reset) after I plug/unplug my wireless keyboard/mouse combo. Do you know how to prevent or override this behavior?
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Ubuntu 12.10: Window switching using key combination Alt-Tab changes behaviour when using Alt specified by xmodmap

Alt-Tab normally lets you cycle through open windows and changes focus to the window that is active when you release Alt. This is all fine, but I want to use another key for Alt_L so I've specified ...
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Xmodmap changes aren't taking effect

Ok. I have a thinkpad laptop and my bottom left key is a function key instead of a control key like I'm used to. So I fired up xev, pressed the fn and got a keycode of 151. So I cleared all of it's ...
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bind ctrl+arrows to Home, End. xmodmap does not work

I'm on Ubuntu 12.04. On windows I used to bind CTRL + Left to Home and Ctrl + Right to End via ahk. Now I'm struggling to achieve this behavior in Ubuntu. I've tried editing /etc/inputrc: "\e[1;5C": ...
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How to swap Ctrl and Fn on a Lenovo Thinkpad keyboard?

I tried to exchange my Fn key with left Control, which didn't work. I used the command xev to get the keycodes/keysym. Afterwards I used: xmodmap -e 'keycode 151=Control_L' xmodmap -e 'keycode ...
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Remapping keys on Apple keyboard

I'm using the German Apple keyboard for both MacOS X and Ubuntu 12.10. $ lsbusb ... Bus 002 Device 004: ID 05ac:0250 Apple, Inc. MP110Z/B I've successfully remapped the exchanged < and ^ ...
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how to remap Ctrl to Escape if pressed and released on its own

I want to remap Control, so that: If it is pressed and released with no other key, it acts as Escape. If it is pressed & held together with another key, it acts as Control (no change in ...
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Map function+backspace to delete

I'm used to Apple laptops, on which Function + Backspace is mapped to Delete. I'm also okay with Shift + Backspace. Is there a way to obtain this? Note, I'm using Xmonad and have some keyboard ...
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Remapping Caps Lock to Control and Escape (not the usual way)

I know how to use xmodmap to remap the Caps lock key so it acts as a Control key, or as an Escape key. I would like to combine both features as follows: When I push, then release, the Caps lock key, ...
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Using Caps-Lock to Tab through Child Windows

I've been trying to use xmodmap to get a little more functionality out of the Caps-Lock key. I'd like to use it for the same functions as the back-quote/tilde key ... to 'tab' through child windows. ...
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keyboard fix xmodmap

I tried to change the keyboard layout using xmodmap command. I'm using the ubuntu 11.10. My change didn't work and now i wanna change back to default layout pt-br. How can i do this? I tried to delete ...
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How can I remap my keys to act like the Macintosh keyboard (like hold alt l + l click = r click)?

I want my keyboard layout to act like a Macintosh keyboard. It's hard to use my computer after years on a mac. I want to disable my right mouse click, and replace it with alt + right mouse click. ...
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Keyboard / keymap problems with Xubuntu 12.04 + NX nomachine

I'm running NX client on my Macbook Pro to connect to a Xubuntu 12.04 desktop at work. I have configured NX client to start up a console upon connection. I am able to connect to my remote linux ...
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How to share two keyboard on the same laptop, french iso layout and usa ansi layout keyboard with usb?

I recently buy a "noppoo choc mini" with this specific ANSI US-INTERNATIONAL pc84 layout. This specific keyboard have only 84 key , a 60% (compact tenkeyless) reduced layout My problem is ...
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How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a MacBook Pro (12.04)?

I have scoured the web, and I can't seem to get Xmodmap / anything to work properly. I want to swap BOTH my Command keys with my Control key - in essence, inverting what they do currently. How would ...
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Change is key-mapping is not remembered in Ubuntu 10.04

I have mapped my PageDown key to the Return command on my keyboard as the original Return key is broken. I used the following command [ I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 ]: xmodmap -e 'keycode 117=Return' It ...
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Remapping keyboard shortcuts (copy, paste etc) to Alt key instead of Ctrl

Interestingly, it turns out this is almost impossible to do. Remapping Alt key to behave as another Ctrl key is not a solution because you lose the Alt key functionalities (some of which are ...
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Changing keybindings for Ubuntu using xmodmap fails

I've changed some of the keybindings for my keyboard using xmodmap, I've specifically changed my caps-lock key to point to CTRL_L and my CTRL_L key to point to Super_L. This registers in xev but my ...
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xmodmap works for gnome session, but not for apps?

I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 using the gnome-fallback mode with compiz. My keyboard is the Apple metal add-on USB keyboard. My .Xmodmap file is set to swap the Alt and Command keys. I built the key map ...
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How do I bind 'Menu key' to right 'Win key'?

I have a keyboard with two "Win" keys but without "Menu" key. I'd like to bind my right Win as Menu. I tried do used xev in terminal and get keycode for .Xmodmap file but can't take code of right Win. ...
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xmodmap periodic resets on Xubuntu

I'm running Xubuntu 11.04 and i'm using a KeyOvation mac compatible Gold Touch keyboard. Because the weird ordering of ctrl, option, and the apple key, I wanted to remap the keys to my liking using ...
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Hyper does the same as super by default [closed]

Under the keyboard → layouts → options, one has the ability to 'Make caps lock an additional hyper'. This is a good feature because I personally abhor caps lock and like additional shortcuts. ...
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What does “Key to choose 5th level” in gnome-keyboard-properties do?

There is an option to specify a key to be used to acces 5th level on the keyboard in gnome-keyboard-properties ("Keyboard" under Hardware in System settings): But if I set the 5th level to AltGr ...
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Redefined ctrl key: can I obtain multiple strokes by holding?

I have redefined my right ctrl key to delete, using xmodmap -e "keycode 105 = Delete" and this works very nicely, except that whenever I hold the key, it deletes only once. Of course, I can ...
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How do I clear xmodmap settings?

Exactly what the title asks. How do I clear xmodmap settings? I have an IBM model M, and somehow xkeycaps got it into its head that my "End" key was not any key at all. xev reports keypresses when I ...
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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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Why won't my ~/.Xmodmap file load on login?

I created the following ~/.Xmodmap file as per this answer. keysym Delete = Menu keysym Menu = Delete clear Lock keycode 0x42 = Escape In other words, swap Delete and Menu, and make Caps Lock an ...