Swap some keyboard keys
Turns out, you can remap keys in the Linux kernel.
- Determine the scan code of the key you want to remap to be some other key. This will be a hexadecimal number and you can see it in
sudo showkey -s
. Be careful, the program will emit both the codes for the keypress event and the release. Let's say I want to change the behavior of the 0xe021 key (Calculator on my keyboard.) - Determine the key code of the key you want your key to behave as. This will be a decimal number and you can get it with
sudo showkey -k
. Be careful, the program will emit both the codes for the keypress event and the release. Let's say I want to have another '107' key (End on my keyboard.) - Issue
sudo setkeycodes e021 107
, with your codes. - To make it permanent you have to run it after each boot as root. You can solve it with crontab. Run
sudo crontab -e
and put your command from above at the end of the file (without sudo but with absolute path):/usr/bin/setkeycodes e021 107