[systemd-devel] udev event to trigger xinput/xmodmap

[Andrei Borzenkov]

02.01.2017 09:37, Weiwu Zhang пишет:
> 
> On Mon, 2 Jan 2017, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
> 
>> Buttons can be remapped in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d snippet that has the
>> same matching capabilities (assuming you run more or less recent Xorg).
> 
> I didn't know it can match by device ID. Will look into it.
> 
>> Keyboard keys are really better going in xkb rules and you can select
>> custom layout using xorg.conf.d snippet as well. Note that I have heard
>> rumors about deprecating xmodmap entirely.
> 
> I already reconfigured xkb. Unfortunately all my keyboard's layout are
> affected, and I only need the new layout to be applicable to a single
> keyboard, and leaving the built-in laptop keyboard untouched. But since
> you mentioned xorg.conf.d can selectivly apply mouse settings by device,
> perhaps the same could be done in xorg.conf.
> 

Yes; see various Match* keywords in xorg.conf documentation. Most
generic being MatchTag which allows you to use udev rules to assign
arbitrary tags to input devices should Xorg matching prove insufficient.