NAME

xmakemap - make a keyboard mapping to be used as input to xmodmap

SYNOPSIS

xmakemap

DESCRIPTION

xmakemap will produce a keyboard mapping in a form that is suitable as input to the xmodmap(1) command. xmakemap writes its output to stdout. Typical usage of xmakemap is to redirect output from xmakemap to a file (e.g., $HOME/.xmodmaprc), edit this file to make necessary customizations, and then run xmodmap on the file (i.e., $HOME/.xmodmaprc).

For example:

xmakemap > $HOME/.xmodmaprc
[... make necessary customization to $HOME/.xmodmaprc ...]
xmodmap $HOME/.xmodmaprc

If you would like your keytable to be customized each time OpenWindows is run, you should placed the appropriate command in $HOME/.xinitrc (copy /usr/openwin/lib/Xinitrc to $HOME/.xinitrc if it does not already exist).

For example:

if [ -f $HOME/.xmodmaprc ]; then
     xmodmap $HOME/.xmodmaprc
fi

NOTES

OpenWindows (i.e., an X server) must be running to use xmakemap . Read "Notes" in $HOME/.xmodmaprc.

SEE ALSO

xmodmap(1)