Package: xkb-data
Version: 2.19-1
Followup-For: Bug #561185
Hello!
Here's a simple solution:
1. Patch base, evdec and xfree98 in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/ to include
the following lines:
! model layout = symbols
* * = +overrides
2. Create a symbolic link to /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/overrides at
/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/overrides.
Now the system administrator can remap keys in
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/overrides without fear that the file will be
overwritten. For example
cat <<EOF > /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/overrides
partial
xkb_symbols "basic"
{
override key <AD01> { [ q, Q, parenleft ] };
override key <AD02> { [ w, W, parenright ] };
};
EOF
This method has a big advantage which is that changes take effect both
in X and in the Linux console, therefore users don't end up with
inconsistent key maps in these environments.
Cheers.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.11.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ca_ES.utf8, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=ca_ES.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
-- no debconf information
