Attachment 43869 Details for Bug 30898 – Add option to bind Control modifier to <CAPS> key while preserving the Caps_Lock keysym

[patch] Add option to bind Control modifier to <CAPS> key while preserving the Caps_Lock keysym

0001-Add-option-to-bind-Control-modifier-to-CAPS-key-whil.patch (text/plain), 2.19 KB, created by Stephan Hilb on 2011-02-27 03:15:10 UTC

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Creator: Stephan Hilb

Created: 2011-02-27 03:15:10 UTC

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>From 5b9833f9d211b1e1771fde416f30023c8564da66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Stephan Hilb <stephan@ecshi.net>
>Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:06:28 +0100
>Subject: [PATCH] Add option to bind Control modifier to <CAPS> key while preserving the Caps_Lock keysym
>
>Allows the <CAPS> key to act as a Control modifier while still being recognized as the caps lock key through its keysym (CapsLock).
>See #30898 for usecases and arguments.
>---
> rules/base.o_s.part |    1 +
> rules/base.xml.in   |    6 ++++++
> symbols/capslock    |   10 ++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/rules/base.o_s.part b/rules/base.o_s.part
>index 285a701..3e23396 100644
>--- a/rules/base.o_s.part
>+++ b/rules/base.o_s.part
>@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
>   caps:super		=	+capslock(super)
>   caps:hyper		=	+capslock(hyper)
>   caps:none		=	+capslock(none)
>+  caps:ctrl_modifier	=	+capslock(ctrl_modifier)
>   ctrl:nocaps		=	+ctrl(nocaps)
>   ctrl:lctrl_meta	=	+ctrl(lctrl_meta)
>   ctrl:swapcaps		=	+ctrl(swapcaps)
>diff --git a/rules/base.xml.in b/rules/base.xml.in
>index 7a5416a..fc1f06e 100644
>--- a/rules/base.xml.in
>+++ b/rules/base.xml.in
>@@ -5295,6 +5295,12 @@
>           <_description>Caps Lock is disabled</_description>
>         </configItem>
>       </option>
>+      <option>
>+        <configItem>
>+          <name>caps:ctrl_modifier</name>
>+          <_description>Make Caps Lock an additional Control but keep the Caps_Lock keysym</_description>
>+        </configItem>
>+      </option>
>     </group>
>     <group allowMultipleSelection="false">
>       
>diff --git a/symbols/capslock b/symbols/capslock
>index 415e4db..d2e1aa2 100644
>--- a/symbols/capslock
>+++ b/symbols/capslock
>@@ -63,3 +63,13 @@ xkb_symbols "numlock" {
>     key <CAPS> {        [       Num_Lock  ]       };
> };
> 
>+// This changes the modifier behavior of the <CAPS> key.
>+// The keysym will be reset to Caps_Lock
>+partial modifier_keys xkb_symbols "ctrl_modifier" {
>+    replace key <CAPS> {
>+        type[Group1] = "ONE_LEVEL",
>+        symbols[Group1] = [ Caps_Lock ],
>+        actions[Group1] = [ SetMods(modifiers=Control) ]    
>+    };
>+    modifier_map Control { <CAPS> };
>+};
>-- 
>1.7.1
>

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