Changing keys in Ubuntu

Scioch

I re-arranged the layout of my number keys a long while back so that 1 became ! and so forth. Then I completely forgot about it as it only works after opening a terminal.

Now I'd like to change it back but cant for the life of me remember how I did it or find the article that explained it online.

As far as I remember I opened something from the terminal in gedit and just switched the relevant parts for the keys and then saved it.

Does anyone know what I need to get at to change them back or if it can be reset to default or something ?

Scioch

I've written a script to change the keys back when its run but my original changes are always implemented when I open a terminal. So each time I open a terminal I have to run the changes. Does the job for the moment but its not really a great solution.

So still looking for that original file or its possible whereabouts. I know I didnt write anything back then anyway, I just made changes to some original text file that contained the keys layout which is automatically ran when a terminal is opened.

Knasher

Normally bash customization goes into your ~/.bashrc (or /etc/bashrc if it is system wide), have you checked there? That or maybe your ~/.bash_profile.

Scioch

Knasher wrote: »

Normally bash customization goes into your ~/.bashrc (or /etc/bashrc if it is system wide), have you checked there? That or maybe your ~/.bash_profile.

Spot on Knasher. I had just edited .bashrc. Thanks a million !!

Scioch

Actually do I need that file at all ? Do I write the changes into that file or delete all mention of the keys at all so it will stick to default ?

Knasher

You should be able to delete the keys part, but you probably have other stuff in the file like a custom prompt, so you should keep the file around. If the keys part is the only thing in it, then it would be okay to delete it.