On 10.09.15 23:35, Martin Smith wrote:
> I have a Swedish keyboard installed. In 2.5.4 (Ubuntu) there is Setting,
> Keyboard, Layout and Options where you can change key behavior. In my case I
> could change comma (,) to dot (.) in the numeric keypad.
> I would like to do the same change In 2.7.0 (Wheezy). It´s inconvinient not
> having dot in the numeric keypad when running LCNC.
Having not yet found fully documenting manpages for GUI stuff, I can
only advise on a more fundamental approach. Here, starting:
$ xev
then pressing '.' in the numeric keypad (yours will be labelled ','),
gives:
KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
root 0x132, subw 0x0, time 585013, (142,317), root:(154,452),
state 0x0, keycode 91 (keysym 0xff9f, KP_Delete), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
amongst its somewhat verbose output. (Look for "KeyPress event")
Now we know that the key is "keycode 91". In contrast, pressing the main
keyboard '.' gives:
KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x3000001,
root 0x132, subw 0x0, time 1088960, (262,429), root:(274,564),
state 0x0, keycode 60 (keysym 0x2e, period), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2e) "."
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2e) "."
XFilterEvent returns: False
revealing that its keysym is 0x2e, so your desired mapping is nothing
more than:
$ xmodmap -e 'keycode 91 = 0x2e'
To confirm the process here, where the numeric pad already generates a
period, I configured the reverse conversion:
$ xmodmap -e 'keycode 91 = 0x2c'
with the result that repeatedly whacking the numeric '.' key now emits:
$ ,,,,,
OK, how to automate that? The quickest is just to copy the xmodmap line
to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile. Or, if preferred, just the text inside
the quotes can be added to ~/.Xmodmap, instead, if that seems simpler.
If, however, there are other times when you run Swedish applications,
requiring a decimal comma, then it might be more convenient to place the
xmodmap line in a wrapper shell function (or simple alias) around the
command you use to start LinuxCNC.
What could give you more control than that?
Erik
--
The meta-problem here is that the configuration wizard does all the approved
rituals (GUI with standardized clicky buttons, help popping up in a browser,
etc. etc.) but doesn't have the central attribute these are supposed to achieve:
discoverability. That is, the quality that every point in the interface has
prompts and actions attached to it from which you can learn what to do next.
- Eric Raymond, in "The Luxury of Ignorance."
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