On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 11:24:33 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Rustom Mody wrote: > > > xkb supercedes xmodmap which is increasingly unsupported > > ie it does all of the earlier functionality and much more > > > > Only catch is to have to read impenetrable docs :-) > > > > Ive been directed to these > > http://pascal.tsu.ru/en/xkb/setup.html > > http://www.charvolant.org/~doug/xkb/html/index.html > > > > If you make some headway with these I'd like to know! > > Last I checked all I could find was written in Russian, which to my > regret, I can't read. > > I think xmodmap will be there until Wayland replaces X11.
Just found these https://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2012/09/msg00274.html (attachment) which points to http://madduck.net/docs/extending-xkb/ > > Anyway, again, > > <URL: http://www.charvolant.org/~doug/xkb/html/node4.html> > > shows the utterly wrong approach to configuring the keyboard: you are > supposed to touch the XF86Config-4 file. Keyboard preferences should be > defined under $HOME with user preferences. > > It appears X.org lost sight of the fact that Unix is a multiuser > environment where every user furnishes and decorates their $HOME to > their liking. All true. Doesn't change the fact that you are running out of time if you use xmodmap (see motivations of 1st link above) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
