[lug] left-shift as <ctrl>?

[Ed Young]

Thanx. That did the trick. 

A much better (User space) way of effecting the keybindings. Better than
doing a global change like the XF86Config mod. 

Ed



"Atkinson, Chip" wrote:
> 
> I use xmodmap:
> 
> $ cat .Xmodmap
> remove Lock = Caps_Lock
> keycode 37 = Caps_Lock
> keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
> add Lock = Caps_Lock
> add Control = Control_L
> $
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed Young [mailto:ejy at techangle.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:35 AM
> > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject: [lug] left-shift as <ctrl>?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > When trying to remap the left-hand shift key so that it works as the
> > control key, I normally set a line in the /etc/X11/XF86Config file
> > like this:
> >
> > ctrl:nocaps
> >
> > This doesn't seem to work with the my newly installed RH6.2 system but
> > has worked with every other installation I've every done. THe v of
> > XF86 is:
> >
> > XFree86-3.3.6-20
> >
> > Anyone know the problem or a different way to do this??
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > Ed
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