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Re: A keyboard attempt plus random comments



I'm new to linux and only follow what Claude tells me about. So, I'm using keyd for unversal, low-level remappings (like CapsLock becoming Ctrl and Ctrl become Alt) and then Claude suggested xbindkeys (or a similar name) between keyd and my (Claude's) new program. And that required xdotool or something like that. It got baroque so I laid the law down to Claude: only keyd and what you make in python for me.


So I'll ask Claude about xmdodmap and xkb. But I did try one with a name like xauto and it was flakey.


Thanks for the referrals.

--Harry


On Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:45:13 -1000, Bob Newell wrote:

>

> > Claude has written me, in Python, a key-binding program (to

> > substitute, in Linux, for Autohotkey). It probably won't be helpful

> > in this, but I'll attach the two main files in case it is.

>

> This is quite fascinating. Does it do things that can't be

> done with xmodmap or xkb? That's how I typically handle key

> mappings. But I'm not familiar with Autohotkey.

>

> With aloha from Hawai`i nei,

>

> --

> Bob Newell

> Honolulu, Hawai`i

>

> - Via GNU-Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB