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    Colemak in Ubuntu Without Caps Remap?

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    25-Nov-2010 22:09:47#1 Colemak in Ubuntu Without Caps Remap?

    I'm looking to use Colemak in Ubuntu without remapping Caps Lock. Is this possible?

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    25-Nov-2010 22:14:59#2 Re: Colemak in Ubuntu Without Caps Remap?

    Use xmodmap.

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    26-Nov-2010 00:25:18#3 Re: Colemak in Ubuntu Without Caps Remap?

    I tried fiddling around with xmodmap. I can use it to remap the caps lock to certain functions, but I cannot "unmap" it from backspace. For example, I can map caps lock to caps lock using xmodmap, but then hitting the caps lock key will both toggle caps lock and hit backspace.

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    26-Nov-2010 08:08:23#4 Re: Colemak in Ubuntu Without Caps Remap?

    xmodmap -e 'keycode 66 = Caps_Lock'
    xmodmap -e 'add Lock = Caps_Lock' 
    xset -r 66

    The first two (the part between quotes) can be put in an .Xmodmap file in your homedir, I think Gnome will load them automatically.  If not, run "xmodmap .Xmodmap" in your startup script.

    Alternatively, you can edit the layout files directly (make a copy, or download the original one from the Colemak website, so system updates won't overwrite your changes).

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    26-Nov-2010 22:13:50#5 Re: Colemak in Ubuntu Without Caps Remap?

    Good suggestion modifying the layout itself. I commented out the Caps remap and it works perfectly. I had trouble finding the xkb/symbols directory, though. Apparently it's in /usr/share/X11, unlike many guides suggested.

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