Xmodmap configuration

[Dotan Cohen]

On 13/02/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 23:28 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > While looking for something else, I stumbed upon the /etc/X11/Xmodmap
> > file. It seems to define certain keystrokes and their functions:
> > ! keycode 22 = BackSpace
> > ! keycode 107 = Delete
> >
> > I'd like to define certain non-English keyboard shortcuts to translate
> > to their English equivelents, could I do that with this file? For
> > instance, I'd like CTRL-ה to be sent to the system as CTRL-V, as ה and
> > V share a key. What would be the proper syntax?
>
> I'm not sure if that'd work.  If one looks as man ascii you can see the
> old ASCII table, left of the A to Z column is the characters you used to
> send on old terminals if you pressed the same letter with the CTRL key.
>
> e.g. CTRL C sent ASCII control character 3 (ETX),
>      CTRL G sent ASCII character 7 (the bell),
>      and so on...
>
> However, I'm not sure whether cut and paste works by sending those
> characters, or paying attention to the *keypresses* of the control key
> and another key.
>

Understood. What I'd like is for the keyboard shortcuts to be the same
physical keys whether I'm in English, Dvorak, or Hebrew layout as I
use all three. How would I do that?

Dotan Cohen

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