On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:21:15 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 09/16/2011 07:35 AM, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >> 1/ Install just "gnome-keyboard-properties" (which is part of the >> gnome- control-center package) in XFCE. Duuno if this will pull many >> unwanted dependencies, if yes, stop. > > Yes, I had already considered that, but I'm not finding a way in > aptitude to limit this installation in any meaningful way. Looks like a > LOT of dependencies. I wouldn't really worry about the number or size of > the dependencies, per se, but I'm concerned that I might be adversely > affecting my DE. Understood. Let's discard then this option. >> 2/ GNOME stores the values set from the "gnome-keyboard-properties" >> applet under "/etc/X11/xkb/base.xml", maybe you can use this file also >> in XFCE to mimic the desired key-combo behaviour :-? >> >> >> > On my Xfce systems that file doesn't exist. I can do some research and > experimentation to see if something along this line may work. I'm also > looking at the Xfce keyboard properties files to see if I might be able > to accomplish what I want by editing them. The problem is that I'm not > having any luck finding documentation on those files -- particularly > with respect to implementing new features. Mmm, I've found this: http://wiki.xfce.org/faq#keyboard Which seems pointing to "xfce4-xkb-plugin" package, do you already have this one installed? At a first glance the plugin looks very similar to "gnome-keyboard-properties", maybe you can edit the keyboard layout options from here :-? > I'm also doing research on XMODMAP to see if I can do something with it. > > Many thanks, Camaleón, for your great ideas. You're welcome :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.09.16.14.46...@gmail.com
