I want to make caps lock as control key, so I wrote this setxkbmap -option caps:ctrl_modifier to my bashrc file. The problem is that after I log in the next time or restart the system, nothing happened. Caps lock is still caps lock... So how to change caps lock to control key?
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Daniel
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To make that change system wide and persistent, open /etc/default/keyboard for editing, change the line
XKBOPTIONS=""
to
XKBOPTIONS="caps:ctrl_modifier"
and reboot.
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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~/.bashrcscript just change defaults at terminal session, and it doesn't extend to other areas of your environment. To make this, you could create a script file with this command in it, as:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option caps:ctrl_modifier
Then you add it to your sesssion startup manager, as you can see here
Redbob
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I assigned the command to ~/.profile and it works. Now I see that ~/.bashrc script just change defaults at terminal session, people who are fresh to linux like me should notice this too. Thank you guys!
Daniel
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~/.bashrccommands just affects terminal session. You could assign this command to~/.profileor create a script with this command and add it to your session startup programs – Redbob Sep 27 '17 at 03:08