On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 00:50, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 20:41 14 Jul 2002, Todd A. Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | I'm trying to map my Caps Lock key to Control using xmodmap. I want to > | have *both* Caps_Lock and Control_L perform the same function. > | > | I have added the following to /etc/X11/Xmodmap: > | > | clear Lock > | add Lock = Control_L > | > | which prevents Caps_Lock from locking caps, but doesn't seem to actually > | treat the key as the left control key, which is what I expected. What am I > | doing wrong here? > > Unsure, but I do this: > > clear lock > add control = Caps_Lock > > and it seems to make caps lock into a control key. > > | Also, is there a way to merge the updated mappings into a running X > | session without having to restart X? > > Sure. Just feed them into the xmodmap command. See the man page for > details. Eg: > > xmodmap file-with-new-xmodmap-commands
This works perfectly. Thanks! BTW where would I put this in a by user config. I try to keep from changeing system defaults because I always forget them in a reinstall/upgrade. currently have not done anything special to the x setup as myself Bret _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
