Re:Dang .xinitrc
Re:Dang .xinitrc
- Subject: Re:Dang .xinitrc
- From: "Joseph R. Kiniry" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:19:57 +0100
Hi Don,
--On zondag, 19 januari 2003 10:46 -0800 Don Rozenberg <email@hidden>
wrote:
Hi,
I have been following the Dang .xinitrc thread of and would really like
to find your wrapper script that you put on the mailing list but have
been unable to locate it.
I have been messing around with emacs for years and really expect to
break a finger or two if I can't change caps-lock to control. Putting
xmodmap in a .xinitrc doesn't work.
As far as I know, it is impossible to remap the caps lock key on a
Macintosh keyboard due to hardware reasons. Those of us who live in Emacs
just have to suffer, or buy alternative keyboards that do support such
remapping (e.g., Kenesis and, hopefully, Adesso, given it is what I'm
trying next).
I have also noticed that the Apple X server does not differentiate between
left and right modifiers. E.g., if I press my right control key, xev
reports keycode 67, keysym CONTROL_L. Remapping CONTROL_L to CAPS_LOCK
using the standard method makes both control keys act as caps lock, and
caps lock is reported by xev as being CONTROL_L, but no X application ever
sees a key event generated by the remapped caps lock key. It is quite
strange.
For consistency I want to start X11 from the icon and use the
Applications menu.
I would be very thankful for a copy of your wrapper script to figure out
where to put the xmodmap.
If anyone suceeds in remapping the control key to caps lock, and helps me
do the same, I will personally send them a case of beer (or the equivalent
cash).
Joe
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Joseph R. Kiniry http://www.kindsoftware.com/
KindSoftware, LLC ID 78860581 ICQ 4344804
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