Mapping Keys in FFR (WITH IMAGES)

[the DtTvB]

Originally Posted by p4ntysh0t

Are there any scripts like this written for linux? Im useing Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft on a laptop so I guess you can imagine how trying to use the actual directional keys worked out. lol

I am also a Linux user and it is also on laptop. I use Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn but it should be the same.
First you need to know what key you want to remap. I want to map these:

d -> Left
f -> Down
j -> Up
k -> Right

Fire up gnome-terminal and type in xmodmap -pke | less
You should see output like this:

keycode  40 = d D
keycode  41 = f F
keycode  42 = g G
keycode  43 = h H
keycode  44 = j J
keycode  45 = k K

You need these keycodes and keysyms. Now I know that:
d = 40 = d
f = 41 = f
j = 44 = j
k = 45 = k

Open up your favorite text editor and then type in this code:

# Remap keycode to Left Down Up Right
xmodmap -e "keycode 40 = Left"
xmodmap -e "keycode 41 = Down"
xmodmap -e "keycode 44 = Up"
xmodmap -e "keycode 45 = Right"

# Wait for press enter
echo "Press enter to remap map it back"
read TEMPNOTHINGHAHA

# Remap the keycode back to original keysym
xmodmap -e "keycode 40 = d D"
xmodmap -e "keycode 41 = f F"
xmodmap -e "keycode 44 = j J"
xmodmap -e "keycode 45 = k K"

Save it with this name: "~/remapffr"

Now whenever you want to remap the keys just open the terminal and say
sh ~/remapffr

Now the keys should be remapped. Whenever you want to map the keys back you just go back to terminal and press "enter".

Warning: May break keyboard layouts! Use it at your own risk!