Re: Mapping Key for keyboard with no regular insert key?

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On 26 Sep 2010 at 9:30, Bob Goodwin wrote:

Date sent:      	Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:30:37 -0400
From:           	Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:             	users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        	Re: Mapping Key for keyboard with no regular insert key?

>   On 26/09/10 08:14, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> > Got some labs that have Logitec Internet keyboards that for some reason
> > don't have an insert key above the regular arrow keys. For some reason it
> > has a large delete key?
> >
> > With most programs one can turn off num lock and use that insert key, but
> > had the windows tn5250 program that would not, so had to come up with a
> > reg hack, and mapped the context menu button next to Ctrl on Rigth to
> > Insert.
> >
> > Was looking to do something similar for something similar for linux, since
> > machines also have Fedora 12.
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> xev should give you keycodes and then in a script I do something like:
> 
>     /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 134=degree'
> 
>     /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 135=mu'
> 
>     /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=NoSymbol'
> 
>     /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 133=cent'
> 
 
xmodmap -e 'keycode 135=Insert'

Tried that on my home machine, and it remapped the menu key to the Insert, 
so will try it on my lab machines on Monday. Thanks.



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