[PLUG] Help with Xmodmap

[Scott Garman]

On 08/17/2012 06:21 PM, Daniel Hedlund wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Scott Garman <sgarman at zenlinux.com> wrote:
>
>> I can see how I had my mapping reversed when using the add command, but
>> out of curiosity, can you explain why you needed the "= Alt_R" for the
>> remove command?
>>
>
> Because that's how it's described in the xmodmap(1) man page?  Remove is
> supposed to remove one or more keys associated with a specific modifier, in
> your case Mod1:
>
>         remove MODIFIERNAME = KEYSYMNAME ...
>                 This removes all keys containing the given keysyms from the
> indicated modi‐
>                 fier  map.   Unlike add, the keysym names are evaluated as
> the line is read
>                 in.  This allows you to remove keys from a modifier without
> having to worry
>                 about whether or not they have been reassigned.
>
> "Clear"ing a modifier will clear all keys associated with that modifier,
> which removes both Alt_L and Alt_R (and possibly Meta_L if it's mapped to a
> physical key):
>
>         clear MODIFIERNAME
>                 This  removes all entries in the modifier map for the given
> modifier, where valid name are: Shift, Lock, Control, Mod1, Mod2, Mod3,
> Mod4, and Mod5 (case does
>                 not matter in modifier names, although it does matter for
> all other names).  For example, ``clear Lock'' will remove all any keys
>   that  were  bound  to  the
>                 shift lock modifier.

Great, thanks for the additional explanations!

Scott