Re: gnome 2.6 -> no more .Xmodmap

[Elias Pschernig <elias@users.sf.net>]

On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 18:46, Christian Riedel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 05.06.2004 16:34, Magnus Therning wrote:
> > My .Xmodmap looks like this:
> > 
> > keycode 0x48 =	aring		Aring
> > keycode 0x49 =	adiaeresis	Adiaeresis
> > keycode 0x4A =	odiaeresis	Odiaeresis
> > 
> > That is I map some typically Swedish characters on some function keys.
> > Anyone with an idea of how to achieve it now that Gnome complains about
> > xmodmap?
> > 
> 
> I had a similar problem two days ago ... my solution might be somewhat 
> hardcore but it's working. I have a US-Layout Keyboard and wanted to be 
> able to generate letters like äöüß but without falling back to deadkeys.
> 
> So I adapeted the given us layout and created my own file 
> /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/custom_us
> 
> In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 I changed Option "XKBLayout" "us" to Option 
> "XKBLayout" "custom_us"
> 
> Then started gconf-editor and changed the key 
> /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb/layouts to custom_us as well.
> 
> After that all my settings worked just as I wanted.
> 
> As I said before: a brutal solution but meets my needs.
> 
> Here is my custom_us file:
> 
> 
> > partial default alphanumeric_keys
> > xkb_symbols "basic" {
> > 
> >     // based upon US Keyboard with 104 keys (euro-layout)
> >     include "us(pc104euro)"
> >     name[Group1]= "US/ASCII";
> >     name[Group2]= "International customized";
> > 
> >     // Umlaute
> >     override key <AD07> { [ u, U  ], [ udiaeresis, Udiaeresis ] };
> >     override key <AD09> { [ o, O  ], [ odiaeresis, Odiaeresis ] };
> >     override key <AC01> { [ a, A  ], [ adiaeresis, Adiaeresis ] };
> >     override key <AC02> { [ s, S  ], [ ssharp, section ] };
> > 
> >     // Currency Symbols
> >     override key <AE05> { [ 5, percent ], [ EuroSign, cent ] };
> >     override key <AD03> { [ e, E  ], [ EuroSign, cent] };
> > 
> >     // Extra Characters
> >     override key <AD04> { [ r, R ], [ registered ] };
> >     override key <AB03> { [ c, C ], [ copyright ] };
> >     override key <AD05> { [ t, T ], [ trademark ] };
> >     override key <AB07> { [ m, M ], [ mu ] };
> > 
> >     // Accents
> >     override key <AE06> { [ 6, asciicircum ], [] };
> >     override key <AC11> { [ apostrophe, quotedbl ], [] };
> >     override key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde ], [] };
> >     override key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright ], [ degree ] };
> >     override key <AB08> { [ comma, less ], [] };
> >     override key <AB09> { [ period, greater ], [] };
> >     override key <AB10> { [ slash, question ], [] };
> > 
> > };
> 
> 

No problems here yet (since I only let apt-get update work a few hours a
day over a slow modem), but I'm also relying on an xmodmap file, and I'm
wondering, why is xmodmap not supported anymore? Or is it, and I
misunderstand what this is about?

-- 
Elias Pschernig <elias@users.sf.net>