David Wright composed on 2017-10-06 20:25 (UTC-0500): > On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 18:57:31 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote:
>> Brian composed on 2017-10-06 23:31 (UTC+0100): ... >> > 'setxbdmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"' in ~/.xsession is less >> > typing and more user-friendly. >> 1-That was an "as-is" copy from Fedora on a multiboot system, much easier >> than >> typing in an ~/.xsession file that didn't exist. I have no idea whether the >> match or layout lines would be necessary in Debian. >> 2-Keyword: "user-friendly". /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf is global >> configuration, vs. user-specific ~/.xsession. > I don't understand why you want to do it this way. Debian unified > /etc/default/keyboard so that the values specified there are used > in both the VCs and X. 1-I was responding to the sole thread focus on user-specific configuration, pointing out global configuration as an alternative. 2-xorg.conf came first, thus, familiarity with configuration via /etc/X11/xorg.conf*. Most of the time I need to use it anyway for things other than keyboard in Xorg. No need to fix what ain't broke. 3-man page for /etc/default/keyboard is a redirect to the keyboard man page, which like most man pages I find thin on examples. 4-aversion to that directory name. To me, defaults are things shipped by the distro provider. /etc/sysconfig/keyboard would make more sense for something globally managed by the admin, along with keeping shipped defaults in /usr. Alternatives in Gnu/Linux can be a double-edged sword. :-) -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
