Thursday, October 5, 2017

keyboard - How to swap ctrl and caps lock using xmodmap


Or any other tool, but I prefer xmodmap.
I tried this:


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

I also tried this:


xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Control_L"

But neither seem to fully work. Here's the event log for pressing caps lock:


KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
root 0x12d, subw 0x0, time 914826, (679,342), root:(680,362),
state 0x12, keycode 66 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 37 // 37 is the control key code
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False

I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 with awesome window manager.


Answer



From Remap Caps Lock :



man xmodmap shows how to swap the left
control key and the CapsLock key:


!
! 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


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