How to adapt keyboard layout

[wolle]

Carsten Aulbert wrote:
> wolle wrote:
> 
>> ü : ALT GR + [
>> Ü : Shift + ALT GR + [
>> ä : ALT GR + '
>> Ä : Shift + ALT GR + '
>> ö : ALT GR + ;
>> Ö : Shift + ALT GR + ;
> 
>> and also
>> μ : ALT GR + m
> 
>> Can anybody give me a hint how to do that?
> 
> Try using xmodmap to map those. I'm using differnt keys (especially not
> gruesome ALT GR but CapsLock), but here is my setting (~/.xmodmaprc):
> 
> remove Lock = Caps_Lock
> keycode 66 = Mode_switch
> 
> keysym a = a A adiaeresis Adiaeresis
> keysym o = o O odiaeresis Odiaeresis
> keysym u = u U udiaeresis Udiaeresis
> keysym s = s S ssharp
> keysym e = e E eacute egrave
> keysym p = p P ucircumflex
> keysym 5 = 5 percent EuroSign
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> Carsten
> 

I've just found an other way: I've copied and adapted the us layout in 
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols to my own definition (us_de)

and loaded the new definition with setxkbmap -layout us_de

Greetings
Wolfgang