Just an idea, but you could uncomment the Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" line in the default X config and that would solve your problem. This would be much simpler. Elliot On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 13:36, Thomas Dodd wrote: > Christopher Wong wrote: > > I'm one of those who like to swap the positions of the caps lock and left > > control keys in X. I know the xmodmap method (from the man page) and the > > remove Lock = Caps_Lock > remove Control = Control_L > keysym Control_L = Control_L > keysym Caps_Lock = Caps_Lock > add Lock = Caps_Lock > add Control = Control_L > > or these for the ksym lines above. > keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock > keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L > > one of them should restor the original mapping. > You could always use the keycode commands instead. > Control_L = 29 > Caps_Lock = 58 > > Use this for both swaps instead of the keysym method. > > > seem to be reversible. Since I share my home PC, how can I do a ctrl/caps > > swap that can be reversed without restarting X? Thanks. > > I change the label on the keys to match the swap :) > I also have a modified keymap for the console that swaps them. > I haven figured out how to do it in grub or lilo yet, but I know it's > possible in grub. > > -Thomas > >
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