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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: UNIX-style keyboards Date: 11 Dec 1994 16:47:42 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 40 Message-ID: <3cfafe$6ru@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <3c01fk$fhb@news.panix.com> <1994Dec5.224620.13596@fsl.noaa.gov> <JUN.94Dec10152202@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <JUN.94Dec10152202@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp>, Junichi Kurokawa <jun@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp> wrote: >>>>>> "S" == Sean Kelly <kelly@woody.fsl.noaa.gov> writes: > > [discussion about programmable keyboard shortended] > > S> Cheaper alternative: If you're running FreeBSD, the kbdcontrol > S> command will let you put CTRL where it should be. If you're > S> running X, the xmodmap command will let you do that as well. > >Have you actually tried it (or them for that matter) out yourself? Yep, and it's worked on the 7-8 different keyboards who are all screwed up. :) >I was able to bring my beloved lctrl to the left of "a" successfully >with the kbdcontrol(1) though, when I place the damn clock elsewhere, >the entire keyboard goes insane. Here's my xmodmap, maybe that'll help. ! ! Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L ! remove Lock = Caps_Lock remove Control = Control_L keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L add Lock = Caps_Lock add Control = Control_L Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-5980 | Unemployed, looking for permanant work in home #: (406) 586-0579 | CS/EE field.