Re: [gentoo-user] setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

2015-01-05 Thread lee
Sid S writes: > You should be using xmodmap OR xsetkbmap OR the configuration file, > not all three (though they shouldn't interfere with each other if > configured properly - they'd just all be doing the same thing). It would be fine if they did what I want :) > If you wish to set Caps_Lock to

Re: [gentoo-user] setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

2015-01-05 Thread lee
Mick writes: > On Sunday 04 Jan 2015 19:53:37 lee wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to use the CapsLock key as control key. With 'setxkbmap >> -option ctrl:nocaps' that works --- until I use 'xmodmap' to load my >> keymap. Once the keymap is loaded, the CapsLock key again works as >> CapsLock and

Re: [gentoo-user] setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

2015-01-05 Thread Sid S
You should be using xmodmap OR xsetkbmap OR the configuration file, not all three (though they shouldn't interfere with each other if configured properly - they'd just all be doing the same thing). If you wish to set Caps_Lock to be Control_L, you need to redefine keycode 66, not 37 (37 is Control

Re: [gentoo-user] setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

2015-01-04 Thread Mick
On Sunday 04 Jan 2015 19:53:37 lee wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use the CapsLock key as control key. With 'setxkbmap > -option ctrl:nocaps' that works --- until I use 'xmodmap' to load my > keymap. Once the keymap is loaded, the CapsLock key again works as > CapsLock and not as control. > > T

[gentoo-user] setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

2015-01-04 Thread lee
Hi, I'm trying to use the CapsLock key as control key. With 'setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps' that works --- until I use 'xmodmap' to load my keymap. Once the keymap is loaded, the CapsLock key again works as CapsLock and not as control. This worked fine with other distributions. Is there anythi