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Re: Execute startxbmap at login to map Ctrl Caps to Escape
From: |
Gary Johnson |
Subject: |
Re: Execute startxbmap at login to map Ctrl Caps to Escape |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:05:48 -0400 |
Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 The context
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> In Guix, I'm using Emacs with EXWM and I want to map Caps Lock to
> Escape as I did in Arch in Linux. I don't necessarily want to
> execute `startx' or `xinitrc'. I'm happy with whatever solution that
> guarantee that the `setxbmap' command is executed.
>
>
> 2 The question
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> What's the Guix way to map Caps Lock to Escape?
Hi Rodrigo,
A thoroughly Guix way to do this would probably be to just set the
`keyboard-layout` property in your operating system record like so:
```system.scm
(operating-system
...
(keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "emacs"))
...)
```
This should update the keymap at your tty sessions, but I'm not sure if
it will propagate into your X session. Perhaps someone else here has
tried it?
I also run EXWM as my window manager on Guix System, and I've addressed
this keymapping issue by just inserting it into my $HOME/.xsession file
like so:
```.xsession
# Change cursor to left arrow
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
# Set keyboard repeat rate
xset r rate 200 60
# Change Caps Lock to Ctrl
setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps"
setxkbmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
# Start Emacs with the exwm script:
exwm
```
Have fun and happy hacking!
Gary
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