Bug 38493 - [PATCH] Add option to map ctrl to right alt key
Summary: [PATCH] Add option to map ctrl to right alt key
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xkeyboard-config
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: xkb
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Reported: 2011-06-20 05:41 UTC by sachdochma
Modified: 2011-08-06 14:43 UTC (History)
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Add ctrl_ralt option (1.48 KB, application/octet-stream)
2011-06-20 05:41 UTC, sachdochma 		Details
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Description sachdochma 2011-06-20 05:41:34 UTC 
Created attachment 48190 [details]
Add ctrl_ralt option

I made a patch that adds an option to make another ctrl key out of the right alt key (or AltGr).

It works for me, but I actually know nothing about how xkb works, so please tell me if I should improve something.

I think this option is important because some people use ctrl all the time and this lets them do this via their thumb, the strongest finger. This really helped me with my "emacs pinky".
Comment 1 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2011-08-06 13:35:18 UTC 
There was a little problem with xml in your patch - but I fixed it. Thanks, committed.

After your patch, I am going reorganize the ctrl option names a bit, since there is some inconsistency...
Comment 2 sachdochma 2011-08-06 14:43:01 UTC 
Thank you! Looking forward to see it in Debian. 

> After your patch, I am going reorganize the ctrl option names a bit, since
there is some inconsistency...

Yes, it was quite confusing before. Looks much better now.

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