Re: xkb "action" keys on keyboard level 3

2012-02-08 Thread wettstein509
> GTK+ programs: I can use the remapped arrow keys by pressing Caps and > use them normally, but when I try to > select text by pressing (for example) Caps+Shift+J it will just move > the cursor as if the Shift key wasn't pressed This is actually correct behaviour. The reason is that your J key u

Re: Remapping the AltGr key to Control

2012-02-25 Thread wettstein509
> Is there a way to remap the AltGr key to Ctrl with setxkbmap? > I've already checked the option section in > "/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst" but I didn't find an entry for > AltGr... Look for "Right Alt". There is an option ctrl:ralt_rctrl (defined in xkb/symbols/ctrl) that looks like it do

Re: Remapping the AltGr key to Control

2012-02-26 Thread wettstein509
> This file is located in "/home/quidh4/.xkb/symbols/test" > > How can I load that configuration without loosing other keys? > > I tried this command "setxkbmap -I$HOME/.xkb test -option test:test_mapping" > but I had to reboot my system because I lost the gb layout for other keys, > and they bec

Re: 2 and more keyboard layout groups in Linux changed by different hot keys

2012-11-15 Thread wettstein509
> So, whenever I press L_Win+Caps_Lock I start cycling through ua and pl > (possibly more layouts), and when I need to get back to my standard group > of en and ru I would press Shift+Caps_Lock to start typing in en (assuming > it's always the default layout in this group) To summarise my understa

Re: GSOC New idea - Braille extension for XKB

2014-03-02 Thread wettstein509
There is some braille support in the compose mechanism in libX11, see directory modules/im/ximcp. I do not know whether and how it works, though. > 1. it is very simple, uses only six keys of the keyboard. It appears the implementation in libX11 uses eight keys, each one corresponds to one bit.

Re: xmodmap 1.0.7: "left shift" + "right shift" + "comma" keys

2014-03-12 Thread wettstein509
> I have a problem with xmodmap 1.0.7 because it should write a > "question down" character when I push the "left shift" + "right shift" > + "comma" keys but nothing is written. This might be a hardware problem. Most keyboards cannot handle arbitrary combination of more than two keys. To check,