Thank you to you all for trying to help me solve this issue.
I tried going down the setxkbmap route, but after several hours of failing
I went with the simplest possible solution: I re-mapped <NMLK> to a keycode
that apparently only triggers on Japanese keyboards. This works a charm, as
long as I don't use a Japanese keyboard, in which case I will then toggle
numlock on some to me unknown key. :D
The "fix" was extremely simple: Edit the <NMLK> = 77; line in
/etc/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev and restart X. Numlock is now dead as a
doorknob, at least on my Danish keyboard.
I understand that this is not really the right way to do things, but since
I simply could not figure out how to do this the right way, I'm going to
have to settle. And at least I'm not using xmodmap!
:o)
Thomas Løcke
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Jochen Keil
Hello,
I'm sending this to the list as well, maybe someone else will find it useful too.
On 20.03.2013 22:07, Thomas Løcke wrote:
Great link, and yes I would be very grateful for your commented config. :)
It's not very sophisticated and does only a few simple things: Map 'Menu' to Mod4 and Replace 'Caps Lock' with Escape
I also had Caps Lock to set the 'Ctrl' modifier together with sending the 'Escape' keysym which work fine. However, I didn't like the behaviour so I turned it off again.
It is really important to set the directory structure properly, e.g. like so (this was one source for headache):
.xkb ├── keymap │ └── default -> /home/jrk/.xkb/keymap/default └── symbols ├── capslock -> /home/jrk/.xkb/symbols/capslock └── modmap -> /home/jrk/.xkb/symbols/modmap
xkbcomp is also very peculiar on how it wants to be called. You can try and fiddle around with the include paths, but I remember it being quite cumbersome.
# xkbcomp -I${HOME}/.xkb ${HOME}/.xkb/keymap/default $DISPLAY
symbols/capslock: // Replace Caps Lock with Escape // hidden: a variant that can only be used within the configuration file // partial: not a complete keymap, used to augment/modify other maps partial hidden modifier_keys xkb_symbols "capsescape" { replace key <CAPS> { type[Group1] = "ONE_LEVEL", symbols[Group1] = [ Escape ] // this would additionally set the 'Ctrl' modifier // (notice the comma after 'Escape') // key names like Escape are taken from // /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h without the 'XK_' prefix // symbols[Group1] = [ Escape ], // actions[Group1] = [ SetMods(modifiers=Control) ] }; };
symbols/modmap: // you can have more than definition here, depends on with one you load // in your keymap file partial hidden modifier_keys xkb_symbols "mod1" { modifier_map Mod1 { Menu }; };
partial hidden modifier_keys xkb_symbols "menu" { modifier_map Mod4 { Menu }; };
keymap/default: // kind of a minimal complete definition // required: xkb_{keycodes,types,compat,symbols} default xkb_keymap "default" { // re xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" }; xkb_types { include "complete" }; xkb_compat { include "complete" }; xkb_symbols { // need a complete keymap, e.g. altgr-intl include "pc+us(altgr-intl)+inet(evdev)" // our own modifications include "capslock(capsescape)" include "modmap(menu)" }; };
There are also several useful resources on you system where you can look at. Keymaps and modification maps can be found in /usr/share/X11/xkb. Look at symbols/capslock for a good start. Options, etc. can be found in the rules *.lst files.
And finally here's another link I found useful: http://madduck.net/docs/extending-xkb/
I hope this helped you,
Jochen