Package: xbase-clients Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Severity: minor File: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xmodmap.1x.gz
$ man xmodmap ...to convert event keycodes into keysyms. But what exactly keysyms are is never explained. Apparently they describe software items, and keycodes describe hardware... Indeed, keysym KEYSYMNAME = KEYSYMNAME ... The KEYSYMNAME on the left hand side is translated into matching keycodes used to perform the corresponding set of keycode expressions. The list of The reader cannot clearly grasp which [left or right of the = sign] refers to what is painted on their keyboard, and which refers to the traditional "task" with that name.