[xubuntu-users] How to change keys e.g. [ ]

[Cody Smith]

On 07/28/2012 02:14 PM, James Freer wrote:
> [UK keyboard]
>
> I'd be grateful if someone could advise how i can swop the [ ]
> brackets for ( ). I virtually never use the square brackets and find
> always doing SHIFT + ( or ) a pain. Ok a minor thing but i just find
> it irritating as i seem to use ( ) quite a lot in writing. I don't
> know where to look - i can change some of the other keys like the CTRL
> for CAPSLOCK (popular i gather for emacs users) through
> Panel->Keyboard Layouts.
>
> I was wondering if one could put an alias in the bashrc which would be
> useful as i keep a backup for new releases as i have quite a few
> aliases already.
>
> many thanks
> james
>
I don't even think it's possible as a lot of what you're asking is 
probably hardcoded somewhere the OS can't reach, or is coded in the 
kernel, I think the kernel problem is more likely, and if you're not a 
kernel dev, good luck getting this done.

--c_smith