Re: Dvorak layout except when modifier key is pressed

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 27.12.2007 um 18:45 schrieb B. T. Raven:

> Does any of you know what xmodmap expressions I can put in some  
> file so that my two users (ec and su or sudo) can have the same  
> keyboard with bottom row super, alt, ctl, space, ctl, alt, super,  
> hyper?

In shell you can 'man xmodmap', in GNU Emacs you have two more  
choices: manual-entry and woman.

> Are Mod1 thru Mod5 synonyms for these modifiers keys? More  
> importantly, is this system level stuff off topic here?


These are the generic symbols. You can make them being this or that  
or something else. To change a previous setting (xmodmap -pm), you  
first need to "reset" it:

        clear Shift
        clear Lock
        clear Control
        clear Mod1
        clear Mod2
        clear Mod3
        clear Mod4
        clear Mod5

then ad(d)just:

        add    Shift   = Shift_L        Shift_R
        add    Lock    = Caps_Lock
        add    Control = Control_L      Control_R
        add    Mod1    = Mode_switch    Mode_switch
        add    Mod2    = Meta_L         Meta_R
        add    Mod3    = Alt_L          Alt_R
        add    Mod4    = Hyper_L        Hyper_R
        add    Mod5    = Super_L        Super_R

Generally you can set the "key bindings" like:

        keycode 0x35 =  n               N               dead_tilde      U203A
        keycode 66 = Meta_L

(first line hex value for key code, second example with decimal value)

First column: no modifier
Second column: with Shift modifier
Third column: with Alt modifier
Fourth column: with Shift and Alt modifiers

The names are defined in /usr/X11/include/X11/keysymdef.h.


Multi_key is a nice thing: pressing Multi_key o / could produce ø.  
Not sure whether it's still supported ...

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  Pete

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