Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com>: > On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 6:06:03 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > >> The problem with xkbmap is that I don't know how to specify a new >> keyboard map as a regular user. I know how to do that with .Xmodmap. > > Xmodmap is neat... but obsolete
Still, if xkbmap can't do what I need, I'm left with no option. Reading up on it at <URL: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_configuration_in_Xorg> I used xkbcomp to dump my current keyboard definition. It produced a somewhat cryptic .xkb file of 1904 lines! My .Xmodmap, which remaps almost every single key on my keyboard contains 55 lines. The document has a funny view to keyboard layout: Consider making it a service launching after X starts, since reloaded configurations do not survive a system reboot. A regular user usually doesn't control system services. Plus, every user will likely have their personal keyboard layout preferences. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
