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If I do xmodmap -pke, my output starts as follows - 

keycode   8 =
keycode   9 = Escape NoSymbol Escape
keycode  10 = 1 exclam 1 exclam exclamdown U2044 exclamdown
keycode  11 = 2 at 2 at trademark EuroSign trademark

AIUI the first keysym is obtained by pressing, the second with Shift, the third with Mode_switch and the fourth with Mode_switch and shift. But what about columns 5-8?

George Simms
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  • The xmodmap man page says that " Up to eight keysyms may be attached to a key, however the last four are not used in any major X server implementation. " –  Nov 07 '13 at 00:39

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Hi this is more than a little bit late but I've had this problem today and I have it figured out. If you look at the list given by xmodmap -pke, it starts at 8 being empty, 9 being escape, and so on. BUT - if you look at the output of 

showkey --keycodes  //(in a console, not a terminal - eg the Ctrl-Alt-F1 thing)

it says that escape is mapped to 1, and all of the keys you press will be of a value that is 8 less than what xmodmap will show you. I can't tell you why this happens, but it does. I hope this helps people in the future :)

Paulito
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You reach columns 5 and 6 with ISO_Level3_Shift and ISO_Level3_Shift+Shift respectively.. don't know how to reach columns 7 and 8..

Born2Smile
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