Re: [sheflug] Xorg keyboard maps

["Alec Melling" <alec [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:16:38 +0100, Peter Collier <pecb [at] nildram.co.uk>  
wrote:

> On Sunday 13 August 2006 18:00, Simon Brown wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> does anybody have any experience of editing keymaps? I´ve obtained an
>> apple USB keyboard, but the mapping is wrong, due to the uk specific
>> modifications. Any ideas how to fix it?
>>
>> I have looked in xkb/symbols/inet where the power_g5 mapping exists and
>> it only changes a few keys. It seems to map magic phrases to keys.
>> Using xev I can find out the key codes, but then how do I map to magic
>> phrases?
>>
>> Most of the keys work, I can type this email but, theyŕe mostly in the
>> standard position, not the Apple position.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Simon
>
> Simon,
> 	 Forgot to mention in my last email, a couple of programs : keymapper  
> and
> xkeycaps. Not used them myself so you'll have to experiment to see if  
> this
> gives you what you need.
>
> Peter C.

Open Suse has a module in yast that gives you a gui to map your keyboard.  
Also about a year ago I saw a project in sourceforge which mapped your  
keyboard through profiles that were supposed to be designed for your  
particular keyboard. Can't remember the name and never tried it.



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