On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 11:11:26PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > I avoid having to copy those files by appending my changes to > /etc/console-setup/remap.inc and then running > dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration. > But I'm not making major changes like you, just some modifications > to make the VCs behave like X, and eliminating the annoyance when > you catch your finger or thumb on Alt as you hit the space bar. > > # Ctrl-arrow keys need to send the same codes as in X/xterm. > Control keycode 105 = F51 > string F51 = "\033[1;5D" > Control keycode 106 = F52 > string F52 = "\033[1;5C" > Control keycode 108 = F53 > string F53 = "\033[1;5B" > Control keycode 103 = F54 > string F54 = "\033[1;5A" > > # Alt-space may as well produce a space rather than > # nul Meta_nul or Meta_space > alt keycode 57 = F41 > string F41 = " "
So this is the right® way to have a custom keyboard layout in Debian? I always edited the files in /usr/share/X11/xkb but everytime xkb-data is updated they are silently overwritten. How do I get something like: key <AB10> { [ slash, underscore, minus ] }; Do you have a good link to share? Thanks