Re: dumpkeys on login [was keyboard tweaking without X]

2007-05-20 Thread Mike McClain
On 18 May 2007 Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 2007-05-18, Mike McClain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 18 May 2007 Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: >>> Ok, I sorted this out with >>> dumpkeys | sed -f /etc/console-tools/remap | loadkeys >> >> grep -r /etc/console-tools/remap /e

Re: dumpkeys on login [was keyboard tweaking without X]

2007-05-18 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-18, Mike McClain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18 May 2007 Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: >> Ok, I sorted this out with >> >> dumpkeys | sed -f /etc/console-tools/remap | loadkeys >> >> I needed to edit the remap file, changing Caps-Lock to Shift_Lock, (or >> the other way ro

Re: dumpkeys on login [was keyboard tweaking without X]

2007-05-18 Thread Mike McClain
On 18 May 2007 Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > Ok, I sorted this out with > > dumpkeys | sed -f /etc/console-tools/remap | loadkeys > > I needed to edit the remap file, changing Caps-Lock to Shift_Lock, (or > the other way round). This line has to be run as root - where do I put > it so

keyboard tweaking without X

2007-05-18 Thread Mike McClain
On 17 May 2007 Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > Are these just part of working in a console, > or can someone point me to a resource for fixing them up? Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO /etc/init.d/keymap.sh loads /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz bash bind has an emacs-editing-mode which you might

Re: dumpkeys on login [was keyboard tweaking without X]

2007-05-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 12:28:26PM +, Tyler Smith wrote: > Ok, I sorted this out with > > dumpkeys | sed -f /etc/console-tools/remap | loadkeys > > I needed to edit the remap file, changing Caps-Lock to Shift_Lock, (or > the other way round). This line has to be run as root - where do I pu

Re: dumpkeys on login [was keyboard tweaking without X]

2007-05-18 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-17, Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I do know that to get rid of caps lock completely and make it > into a control key so that it's actually *useful*, you can edit (as > root, of course) the file /etc/console-tools/remap and uncomment > the sed statement found there. Ok

Re: [OT, sorry] Re: keyboard tweaking without X

2007-05-17 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-17, Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks I'll look into that. Now that you've inadvertently put me onto >> w3m.el (if a lit student can do it...) > > Hehehe...revealing my area of study does actually tend to make > people more receptive to computer-y suggestions, but *less

Re: keyboard tweaking without X

2007-05-17 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-17, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Take a look at the package "console-setup". It allows you to set up the > keyboard for the console in a way that is very similar to what you know > from Xkb. If you work on the console a lot you will probably also > appreciate that consol

Re: keyboard tweaking without X

2007-05-17 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:45:04 +, Tyler Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out if I can do without X for my regular > computing needs. Most of what I do is text-based, primarily emacs, > mutt, slrn. However, I find emacs in particular is easier to deal with > in X, as there is bette

[OT, sorry] Re: keyboard tweaking without X

2007-05-17 Thread Amy Templeton
Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-05-17, Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well, I do know that to get rid of caps lock completely and make it > > into a control key so that it's actually *useful*, you can edit (as > > root, of course) the file /etc/console-tools/remap

Re: keyboard tweaking without X

2007-05-17 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-17, Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I do know that to get rid of caps lock completely and make it > into a control key so that it's actually *useful*, you can edit (as > root, of course) the file /etc/console-tools/remap and uncomment > the sed statement found there. >

Re: keyboard tweaking without X

2007-05-17 Thread Amy Templeton
Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm trying to figure out if I can do without X for my regular > computing needs. Most of what I do is text-based, primarily > emacs, mutt, slrn. However, I find emacs in particular is easier > to deal with in X, as there is better support for function keys. > Stuff

keyboard tweaking without X

2007-05-17 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, I'm trying to figure out if I can do without X for my regular computing needs. Most of what I do is text-based, primarily emacs, mutt, slrn. However, I find emacs in particular is easier to deal with in X, as there is better support for function keys. Stuff like xmodmap is a great tool, so I c