Paging Dreymar -colemak Linux (X), Windows (KVM) and Linux (no X) ?

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pieter
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03-Dec-2013 14:33:11#1 Paging Dreymar -colemak Linux (X), Windows (KVM) and Linux (no X) ?

Hi Dreymar (or other gurus!)

I'm looking for the lowest level linux keyboard remapping, so that I can use the same keyboard
- in my regular Linux sessions (that is: linux, plus X)
- in my virtual machines (used to run Windows, but also for high security linux: a linux session that is isolated from the main system)
- and in my x-less linux sessions (sometimes I don't log into X, but start up my machine without starting X).

So, I want to remap the keyboard at the lowest level, in linux itself and not in X. xmodmap and xkb remap in X, or don't they?

Is loadkeys a solution? http://linux.die.net/man/1/loadkeys or setkeycodes ? If I am wrong here, please tell me. I've done my share of reading & researching, but if I've missed the right pages, please point me to those!

Thanks.

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04-Dec-2013 12:24:40#2 Re: Paging Dreymar -colemak Linux (X), Windows (KVM) and Linux (no X) ?

I have no idea. The lowest level I'd consider would be the keycodes component of XKB, where the numeric keycodes are mapped to aliases like <AC03> etc. But that's in X afaik.

Let us know if you learn anything interesting!

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04-Dec-2013 13:15:40#3 Re: Paging Dreymar -colemak Linux (X), Windows (KVM) and Linux (no X) ?

OK, no problem & thanks for the reaction. I'll try it out and post my results, after the weekend.

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05-Dec-2013 10:59:40#4 Re: Paging Dreymar -colemak Linux (X), Windows (KVM) and Linux (no X) ?

Pystromo is an interesting tool! It's mainly used for remapping permanently or by-application (with the monitor). I wonder if it could easily be modified to respond to certain key presses instead? Say, holding down Caps activates one mapping file; holding down RAlt+Caps another. That'd open the possibility of multi-layer Extend mapping functionality!

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