Xmodmap and keyboard.

[magisk]

I have a few extra keys on my keyboard I want to use for audio volum and starting apps like eterm, evolution, etc.

But I cannot locate the 'Xmodmap' file on my gentoo system. Shall I just put the 'xmodmap' commands in my ~/.xinitrc, or are there any other smart places for these things? :-)

[herbie]

~/.Xmodmap is the one to use, the format is something like this

[maKKus]

/etc/X11/Xmodmap is another place for system wide settings.

I use it for my dutch specific settings:
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Mine looks like this:
keycode 0x16 = BackSpace
keycode 115 = F13
keycode 117 = Menu
keycode 0x0E = 5 percent EuroSign
keycode 0x1A = e E ediaeresis Ediaeresis
keycode 0x1B = r R egrave Egrave
keycode 0x1C = t T eacute Eacute
keycode 0x1D = y Y ydiaeresis Ydiaeresis
keycode 0x1E = u U udiaeresis Udiaeresis
keycode 0x1F = i I idiaeresis Idiaeresis
keycode 0x20 = o O odiaeresis Odiaeresis
keycode 0x21 = p P ograve Ograve
keycode 0x2E = l L oacute Oacute
keycode 0x26 = a A adiaeresis Adiaeresis
keycode 0x27 = s S agrave Agrave
keycode 0x28 = d D aacute Aacute
keycode 0x71 = Mode_switch

clear Mod3
add Mod3 = Mode_switch

[magisk]

Well. I have made a '~/.Xmodmap' and '/etc/X11/Xmodmap' (the file I used on my old RedHat system), but none of theme seems to work.

I run 'xev' and still get 'NoSymbol'

[herbie]

[magisk]

I'll try it when I get home from work. I tought the file '/etc/X11/Xmodmap' was a standard file that X would read from.

Maybe do a search on google.com and see if I can make some sense from there.

[magisk]

Nope.. didn't work this time either. Anyway, I just put the "xmodmap -e "keycode 174 = XF86...." thing in my ~/.xinitrc file.