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Switching caps lock with ctrl

Khannie · 2005-06-10 07:32:04

Is there any way of doing this in a script? I can do it in the system settings in ubuntu but I'd like to have a script that does this: switch caps to ctrl launch app switch back on close Anyone?

10-06-2005 08:32AM

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Khannie

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Is there any way of doing this in a script?

I can do it in the system settings in ubuntu but I'd like to have a script that does this:

switch caps to ctrl
launch app
switch back on close

Anyone?

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#2 10-06-2005 11:08AM

Khannie

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Ok, after a fair bit of googling, I've found the solution. It may be of help to someone else in the future.......

First, I need to set up my own special keyboard mapping using xkb (linkage), then

setxkbmap <my_kb_map>
load_my_prog
setxkbmap ie

Mods, feel free to close this thread.

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#3 12-06-2005 01:33PM

Sarunas

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you can do that using xmodmap too.

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