modify keyboard layout

[mobidyc]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Gregory Smirnov <gregory at 2x.com> wrote:

> 2009/5/6 mobidyc <mobidyc at gmail.com>:
> > Peter Hutterer a écrit :
> >> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 11:51:12PM +0200, mobidyc wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I want to modify the layout for an azerty keyboard.
> >>> actually when the CAPSLOCK is active, i can't write numbers like the
> >>> SHIFT key let me do this.
> >>>
> >>
> >> setxkbmap -option "caps:shiftlock" might do what you want. Note that
> this also
> >> changes the capslock behaviour so it's cancelled by hitting shift.
> >>
> > I can't use this option because it acts like the SHIFT key was all the
> > time pressed thus I can't select what I want with the mouse.
> > I want to do one of the two following way :
> >  - modify the CAPSLOCK behaviour so it writes the upper left symbol of
> > the number keys, like it does for the letters.
> >  - modify the upper right symbol of the number keys to be the same than
> > the upper left symbol.
> >
> > all modifications I made in the xkb/symbols/<file> are not working and I
> > really don't know how to do what I want.
>
>
> This is special Windows input mode that effects only first row in PC
> keyboard (1-0-=).
> I managed to make it work by adding new type (xkb/types) and then
> modifying symbols (xkb/symbols). However I don't have this
> configuration any more.
>
> The main difference was that Linux symbols has 2 default groups, and
> new type used 4 groups.
> AltGr switches to group + 1; CapsLock to group 3.
>

What did you add in xkb/types ?
do you have any documentation about setting this file ?

because i really don't know how to interpret this :
    virtual_modifiers Alt;
    virtual_modifiers LevelThree;

    type "PC_BREAK" {
    modifiers = Control;
    map[None] = Level1;
    map[Control] = Level2;
    level_name[Level1] = "Base";
    level_name[Level2] = "Control";
    };

thanks for you help,
Mobidyc
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