Swapping Menu and Ctrl (possible xmodmap bug)

[Ulf Magnusson]

I'm trying to swap the left control key for the Menu key on my Windows
keyboard. I'm using the "se" symbol map, residing in the
{xkb-base}/symbols/pc/ directory.

I took a first stab at the problem by modifying the /symbols/pc/pc
file (I have no idea why it gets used, as it isn't included directly
or indirectly from the "se" file, but a quick grep led me there),
changing the   key <MENU> { [ Menu ] };   entry to   key <MENU> { [
Control_L ] };   and moving it before the line   modifier_map Control{
Control_L, Control_R };   . After that the key would generate the
correct keysym, but wouldn't function as a control key. I noticed that
xev reported "state 0x0" for the wanna-be-ctrl Menu key and "state
0x4" for the real, working ctrl.

I took a second stab at the problem with the following xmodmap script:

# 117 is the scan code for my Menu key
keysym 117 = Control_L
add Control = Control_L

That seemed to do the trick at first, but after a while I noticed that
my U key would no longer function, for some wierd reason generating
the keysym Control_L. Is this a bug in xmodmap?

I'm running out of ideas. What's the good way to swap the two keys?

Ulf

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