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<p>XKB seems the way to go</p>
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<li>convert xmodmap to xkb: <a class="reference external" href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2012/09/msg00274.html">https://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2012/09/msg00274.html</a></li>
<li>gnome 3 (shell) does not load xmodmap anymore: <a class="reference external" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873656">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873656</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://medium.com/@damko/a-simple-humble-but-comprehensive-guide-to-xkb-for-linux-6f1ad5e13450">https://medium.com/@damko/a-simple-humble-but-comprehensive-guide-to-xkb-for-linux-6f1ad5e13450</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://michal.kosmulski.org/computing/articles/custom-keyboard-layouts-xkb.html">https://michal.kosmulski.org/computing/articles/custom-keyboard-layouts-xkb.html</a></li>
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<h1>Manual mapping</h1>
<p>Replacement for xmodmap-based mapping of my Kinesis Ergo (see <a class="reference external" href="http://p.cweiske.de/154">http://p.cweiske.de/154</a>)</p>
<p>I had to switch to PC mode (pgrm+F6)</p>
<p>Helpful were:</p>
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<li><a class="reference external" href="https://www.charvolant.org/doug/xkb/html/node5.html">https://www.charvolant.org/doug/xkb/html/node5.html</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="https://hack.org/~mc/writings/xkb.html">https://hack.org/~mc/writings/xkb.html</a></li>
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<p>Howto add some german keys like äöüÄÖÜ߀ in the US keyboard layout:</p>
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<li><p class="first">save current keyboard layout into file:</p>
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xkbcomp -xkb :0 original-layout.xkb
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<li><p class="first">copy file, apply the changes from my xkb file into it</p>
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<li><p class="first">load:</p>
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xkbcomp ~/.config/xkb-keyboard/cweiske-kinesis-full.xkb $DISPLAY
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<p>Key tester:</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal">evtest</tt> (root)
kinesis listed 3 times; 2nd is keyboard:</p>
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/dev/input/event21: Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard
/dev/input/event22: Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard
/dev/input/event23: Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard
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xkb_types "complete" {
    type "FOUR_LEVEL_RALT" {
        modifiers= Shift+LevelThree;
        map[Shift]= Level2;
        map[LevelThree]= Level3;
        map[Shift+LevelThree]= Level4;
        level_name[Level1]= "Base";
        level_name[Level2]= "Shift";
        level_name[Level3]= "Level3";
        level_name[Level4]= "Shift Level3";
    };
};
 
partial
xkb_symbols "pc+de(nodeadkeys)+us:2+de:3+inet(evdev)" {
    include "pc+de(nodeadkeys)+us:2+de:3+inet(evdev)"
 
    key <AC01> {
        type[group1]= "FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC",
        type[group2]= "FOUR_LEVEL_RALT",
        type[group3]= "FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC",
        symbols[Group1]= [               a,               A,              ae,              AE ],
        symbols[Group2]= [               a,               A,      adiaeresis,      Adiaeresis ],
        symbols[Group3]= [               a,               A,              ae,              AE ]
    };
    key <AC02> {
        type[group1]= "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC",
        type[group2]= "FOUR_LEVEL_RALT",
        type[group3]= "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC",
        symbols[Group1]= [               s,               S,           U017F,           U1E9E ],
        symbols[Group2]= [               s,               S,          ssharp,          ssharp ],
        symbols[Group3]= [               s,               S,           U017F,           U1E9E ]
    };
 
    key <AD03> {
        type[group1]= "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC",
        type[group2]= "FOUR_LEVEL_RALT",
        type[group3]= "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC",
        symbols[Group1]= [               e,               E,        EuroSign,        EuroSign ],
        symbols[Group2]= [               e,               E,        EuroSign,        EuroSign ],
        symbols[Group3]= [               e,               E,        EuroSign,        EuroSign ]
    };
    key <AD07> {
        type[group1]= "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC",
        type[group2]= "FOUR_LEVEL_RALT",
        type[group3]= "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC",
        symbols[Group1]= [               u,               U,       downarrow,         uparrow ],
        symbols[Group2]= [               u,               U,      udiaeresis,      Udiaeresis ],
        symbols[Group3]= [               u,               U,       downarrow,         uparrow ]
    };
    key <AD09> {
        type[group1]= "FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC",
        type[group2]= "FOUR_LEVEL_RALT",
        type[group3]= "FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC",
        symbols[Group1]= [               o,               O,          oslash,          Oslash ],
        symbols[Group2]= [               o,               O,      odiaeresis,      Odiaeresis ],
        symbols[Group3]= [               o,               O,          oslash,          Oslash ]
    };
};
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