On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:07:03 +0000, marc wrote:
>
> I'm trying to use the following local .xmodmaprc
>
> keycode 26 = e E e E eacute Eacute
> keycode 31 = i I i I iacute Iacute
> keycode 32 = o O o O oacute Oacute
> keycode 30 = u U u U uacute Uacute
> keycode 57 = n N n N ntilde Ntilde
>
> via
>
> $ xmodmap .xmodmaprc
>
> This runs fine, but the mappings for e and n don't 'take'. Initially,
> it's as if eacute, Eacute, ntilde and Ntilde aren't defined.
[...]
> Any idea why there's a problem with the e and n keys?
You probably use a keyboard layout on which these two keys are of type
TWO_LEVEL or ALPHABETIC. That means the only recognized modifier is
SHIFT/CAPSLOCK and all further symbols are ignored. This behavior is
documented in /usr/share/X11/doc/input/XKB-Enhancing.txt.
I do not know how to override these restricted type definitions with
xmodmap, but it is not difficult to tweak the layout with xkbcomp:
$ xkbcomp $DISPLAY layout.xkb
will save the current layout in an xkb source file. You can edit the
relevant sections in this file, e.g. this one:
key <AB06> {
type= "ALPHABETIC",
symbols[Group1]= [ n, N ]
};
These sections can be changed to have the same structure as the ones of
keys that do accept additional AltGr symbols, i.e.:
key <AB06> {
type= "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC",
symbols[Group1]= [ n, N, ntilde, Ntilde ]
};
Once you are done editing the file you can compile the new keymap and
update the layout of the X server (both steps with one command):
$ xkbcomp layout.xkb $DISPLAY
The changes should be effective immediately.
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