key mapping

[Rajinder Yadav]

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Lennart Sorensen
> <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 01:22:49PM -0400, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
>>> How do I remap keys under X (on my keyboard), there is a way to view
>>> the keycode, i forget what that app is called, and where best to remap
>>> the keys so my change takes when i log in?
>>>
>>> i tried google and can't find a how to,
>>
>> man xmodmap
>>
>> Applications work based on KEYSYMNAMEs and the keyboard generates
>> keycodes.  xmodmap sets up the mapping from keycodes to keysyms.
>>
>> xev is handy to determine the keycode of a given key and what it currently
>> generates as a keysym.
>>
>> --
>> Len Sorensen
>
> i kept coming across xmodmap, but no one was saying anything about xev
> =) that's helps thanks!
>

ok i sort of figured it out, if I type the following in xtem, the mapping works

xmodmap -e "keycode 108 = Alt_R"

where do i put this so it will work after login?  i tried using
~/.xmodmap and ~/.xmodmaprc with the following entry

!keycode  108 = Alt_R

however after a reboot, it does nothing.

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