Revisions to Remapping caps-lock to escape, and menu to compose, on the linux console

improved formatting and described to use setupcon instead of reboot

edited Mar 11, 2018 at 22:10

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For newer Debian distributions you do not need all this anymore.

"The keyboard file describes the properties of the keyboard. It is read by setupcon(1) in order to configure the keyboard on the console. In Debian systems the default keyboard layout is described in /etc/default/keyboard and it is shared between X and the console." (man keyboard)

The keyboard file describes the properties of the keyboard. It is read by setupcon(1) in order to configure the keyboard on the console. In Debian systems the default keyboard layout is described in /etc/default/keyboard and it is shared between X and the console. (man keyboard)

In /etc/default/keyboard set XKBOPTIONS="caps:escape", reboot and all is done including settings for X.then do:

"Description of all available keyboard models, layouts, variants and options is available in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst." (man keyboard)

~$ sudo setupcon

Description of all available keyboard models, layouts, variants and options is available in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst." (man keyboard)

For newer Debian distributions you do not need all this anymore.

"The keyboard file describes the properties of the keyboard. It is read by setupcon(1) in order to configure the keyboard on the console. In Debian systems the default keyboard layout is described in /etc/default/keyboard and it is shared between X and the console." (man keyboard)

In /etc/default/keyboard set XKBOPTIONS="caps:escape", reboot and all is done including settings for X.

"Description of all available keyboard models, layouts, variants and options is available in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst." (man keyboard)

For newer Debian distributions you do not need all this anymore.

The keyboard file describes the properties of the keyboard. It is read by setupcon(1) in order to configure the keyboard on the console. In Debian systems the default keyboard layout is described in /etc/default/keyboard and it is shared between X and the console. (man keyboard)

In /etc/default/keyboard set XKBOPTIONS="caps:escape" and then do:

~$ sudo setupcon

Description of all available keyboard models, layouts, variants and options is available in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst." (man keyboard)

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edited Jul 23, 2017 at 19:47

Romeo Ninov

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For newer Debian distributions you do not need all this anymore.

"The keyboard file describes the properties of the keyboard. It is read by setupcon(1)setupcon(1) in order to configure the keyboard on the console. In Debian systems the default keyboard layout is described in /etc/default/keyboard/etc/default/keyboard and it is shared between X and the console." (man keyboard)

In /etc/default/keyboard/etc/default/keyboard set XKBOPTIONS="caps:escape"XKBOPTIONS="caps:escape", reboot and all is done including settings for X.

"Description of all available keyboard models, layouts, variants and options is available in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst." (man keyboard)

For newer Debian distributions you do not need all this anymore.

"The keyboard file describes the properties of the keyboard. It is read by setupcon(1) in order to configure the keyboard on the console. In Debian systems the default keyboard layout is described in /etc/default/keyboard and it is shared between X and the console." (man keyboard)

In /etc/default/keyboard set XKBOPTIONS="caps:escape", reboot and all is done including settings for X.

"Description of all available keyboard models, layouts, variants and options is available in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst." (man keyboard)

For newer Debian distributions you do not need all this anymore.

"The keyboard file describes the properties of the keyboard. It is read by setupcon(1) in order to configure the keyboard on the console. In Debian systems the default keyboard layout is described in /etc/default/keyboard and it is shared between X and the console." (man keyboard)

In /etc/default/keyboard set XKBOPTIONS="caps:escape", reboot and all is done including settings for X.

"Description of all available keyboard models, layouts, variants and options is available in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst." (man keyboard)

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answered Jul 23, 2017 at 19:14

Ingo

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For newer Debian distributions you do not need all this anymore.

"The keyboard file describes the properties of the keyboard. It is read by setupcon(1) in order to configure the keyboard on the console. In Debian systems the default keyboard layout is described in /etc/default/keyboard and it is shared between X and the console." (man keyboard)

In /etc/default/keyboard set XKBOPTIONS="caps:escape", reboot and all is done including settings for X.

"Description of all available keyboard models, layouts, variants and options is available in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst." (man keyboard)

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