partial remapping of keyboard: collapse modifiers except specific cases
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I'm trying to use xkb to remap an Apple keyboard as follows:
1. control->control
2. command->control
3. command-c->still command-c
4. command-v->still command-c
I've spent hours and determined it isn't possible with xmodmap, as I need to pluck out the state of a key to do the last two. I need those to not be control-c so I can distinguish between those entries in Terminal; if I simply remap all command to control, Terminal can't tell the difference. In other words, there is no command key anymore.
I'm using rgtti and charvolant as guides and using /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc as the basis. Here's the start of it:
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "tedmac" {
include "pc105"
key <LCTL> { [ Control_L ] };
key <LALT> { [ Control_L ] };
// maybe this?
// key <LatC> { [ c, C ] };
};
..from there, I'm lost. I don't understand the xkb magic. this post on unix.se seems to be headed the direction I need, doing an "intermediate definition", but I'm lost. There's another approach with remapping that might be easier, but again I'm lost in the syntax.
For what it's worth, this is an Apple Magic Keyboard on an actual computer (not Apple hardware).
keyboard xkb remapping
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I'm trying to use xkb to remap an Apple keyboard as follows:
1. control->control
2. command->control
3. command-c->still command-c
4. command-v->still command-c
I've spent hours and determined it isn't possible with xmodmap, as I need to pluck out the state of a key to do the last two. I need those to not be control-c so I can distinguish between those entries in Terminal; if I simply remap all command to control, Terminal can't tell the difference. In other words, there is no command key anymore.
I'm using rgtti and charvolant as guides and using /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc as the basis. Here's the start of it:
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "tedmac" {
include "pc105"
key <LCTL> { [ Control_L ] };
key <LALT> { [ Control_L ] };
// maybe this?
// key <LatC> { [ c, C ] };
};
..from there, I'm lost. I don't understand the xkb magic. this post on unix.se seems to be headed the direction I need, doing an "intermediate definition", but I'm lost. There's another approach with remapping that might be easier, but again I'm lost in the syntax.
For what it's worth, this is an Apple Magic Keyboard on an actual computer (not Apple hardware).
keyboard xkb remapping
asked Dec 9 at 0:46
tedder42
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I'm trying to use xkb to remap an Apple keyboard as follows:
1. control->control
2. command->control
3. command-c->still command-c
4. command-v->still command-c
I've spent hours and determined it isn't possible with xmodmap, as I need to pluck out the state of a key to do the last two. I need those to not be control-c so I can distinguish between those entries in Terminal; if I simply remap all command to control, Terminal can't tell the difference. In other words, there is no command key anymore.
I'm using rgtti and charvolant as guides and using /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc as the basis. Here's the start of it:
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "tedmac" {
include "pc105"
key <LCTL> { [ Control_L ] };
key <LALT> { [ Control_L ] };
// maybe this?
// key <LatC> { [ c, C ] };
};
..from there, I'm lost. I don't understand the xkb magic. this post on unix.se seems to be headed the direction I need, doing an "intermediate definition", but I'm lost. There's another approach with remapping that might be easier, but again I'm lost in the syntax.
For what it's worth, this is an Apple Magic Keyboard on an actual computer (not Apple hardware).
keyboard xkb remapping
asked Dec 9 at 0:46
tedder42
270110
I'm trying to use xkb to remap an Apple keyboard as follows:
1. control->control
2. command->control
3. command-c->still command-c
4. command-v->still command-c
I've spent hours and determined it isn't possible with xmodmap, as I need to pluck out the state of a key to do the last two. I need those to not be control-c so I can distinguish between those entries in Terminal; if I simply remap all command to control, Terminal can't tell the difference. In other words, there is no command key anymore.
I'm using rgtti and charvolant as guides and using /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc as the basis. Here's the start of it:
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "tedmac" {
include "pc105"
key <LCTL> { [ Control_L ] };
key <LALT> { [ Control_L ] };
// maybe this?
// key <LatC> { [ c, C ] };
};
..from there, I'm lost. I don't understand the xkb magic. this post on unix.se seems to be headed the direction I need, doing an "intermediate definition", but I'm lost. There's another approach with remapping that might be easier, but again I'm lost in the syntax.
For what it's worth, this is an Apple Magic Keyboard on an actual computer (not Apple hardware).
keyboard xkb remapping
keyboard xkb remapping
asked Dec 9 at 0:46
tedder42
270110
asked Dec 9 at 0:46
tedder42
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asked Dec 9 at 0:46
tedder42
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asked Dec 9 at 0:46
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