How to swap ctrl and caps lock using xmodmap
- by Maruti
Or any other tool, but I prefer xmodmap.
I tried this:
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Control = Control_L
keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L
I also tried this:
xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Control_L"
But neither seem to fully work. Here's the event log for pressing caps lock:
KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
root 0x12d, subw 0x0, time 914826, (679,342), root:(680,362),
state 0x12, keycode 66 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 37 // 37 is the control key code
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 with awesome window manager.
