Remapping keys in X

[Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)]

Hello.

Lourens Veen:

> However, on Ubuntu, automatically loading this from ~/.Xmodmap
> doesn't seem to work (that is, my ~/.Xmodmap seems to be ignored,
> and I once (but only once!) got a popup when I logged on about there
> being a ~/.Xmodmap file, and that it would be ignored).

I've had the same issues in Debian and I ended up with explicitely
adding "/usr/bin/X11/xmodmap /home/shot/.modmap" to my session. There
are times between upgrades when it prevents the GNOME splash screen from
dissapearing, but it seem sorted out in current sid (I'm not sure how
it would work in Warty or current Hoary); either way, clicking the GNOME
splash makes it disappear, so it's only a minor nuisance.

> It appears that I should use ~/.Xkbmap instead, but the little bit
> of documentation I found on that doesn't say anything about remapping
> individual keys.

Same here. Going with Xmodmap was easier and faster, although
I'd surely like to be able to do the same with Xkbmap instead...

> So to get to the point: what is the standard way
> of remapping a few individual keys in X in Ubuntu?

If someone replied you off-list, please share; I'd like to know as well.

Cheers,
-- Shot
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