Florian Kulzer said:
> 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.
Thanks very much for this, you nailed the problem precisely.
One further question, is there a way to make this change permanent or do
I have to run:
$ xkbcomp layout.xkb $DISPLAY
at every login?
Thanks again.
--
Best,
Marc
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