HP c3700 - Workstation Administration Manual page 87

X Windows configuration details
making an x*.hosts file
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examples
Suppose you frequently press the
moments. You could remove the
swap it for the key, then map the
f1
creating a little swapper file that contains the following lines:
!This file swaps the [Caps] key with the [F1] key.
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = F1
keysym F1 = Caps_Lock
add Lock = Caps_Lock
Note the use of the ! in the file to start a comment line. To put your
"swapper" file into effect, enter the following on the command line:
xmodmap swapper
If you use such a swapper file, you should probably have an unswapper
file. The following file enables you to swap back to the original keyboard
mapping without having to exit X11:
!This file unswaps the [F1] key with the [Caps] key.
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keycode 88 = F1
keycode 55 = Caps_Lock
add Lock = Caps_Lock
Note the use of the hexadecimal values to reinitialize the keycodes to the
proper key symbols. You put your "unswapper" file into effect by entering
the following command line:
xmodmap unswapper
On a larger scale, you can change your current keyboard to a Dvorak
keyboard by creating a file with the appropriate keyboard mappings.
xmodmap .keymap
printing a key map
The -pk option prints a list of the key mappings for the current keyboard.
xmodmap -pk
The list contains the keycode and up to four 2-part columns. The first
column contains unmodified key values, the second column contains
shifted key values, the third column contains meta (
key at the most inopportune
Caps
lock key from the lock modifier,
Caps
key to the lock modifier. Do this by
f1
Extend Char/Alt
) key
Chapter 4