Right way to add custom xmodmap rules?

[Søren Hauberg]

You can call xmodmap /your/home/.xmodmap at gnome startup by adding it 
to your default session. I'm not in gnome right now, but I think you 
should go to System -> Settings -> Session where you can add xmodmap

/Søren

Carthik Sharma wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am relatively new to linux, and am trying to learn as I go...
> 
> I used:
> 1. http://iew3.technion.ac.il/CC/Comp_news/muo-may02/xwin/xkeys.html
> and
> 2. http://iew3.technion.ac.il/CC/Comp_news/muo-may02/xwin/xset.html#scripts
> 
> as guides to try and add functionality to two of my special keys.
> 
> Doing:
> xmodmap -e 'keycode 174=F13'
> and
> xmodmap -e 'keycode 176=F14'
> 
> does indeed allow me to use these keys to later define shortcuts.
> 
> However, how do I now have these keyboard mapping modifications take 
> effect everytime I log in using gdm to gnome-2?
> 
> I have already created a file .Xmodmap with the following two lines in it:
> xmodmap -e 'keycode 174=F13'
> xmodmap -e 'keycode 176=F14'
> 
> I don't know how to proceed further. I would be grateful if someone can 
> help this confused soul :)
> 
> Thank you,
> Carthik.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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