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Re: xmodmap, xkb and XF86Config
- To: cygwin-xfree-return-7426-laurent dot pinchart=capflow dot com at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: xmodmap, xkb and XF86Config
- From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent dot pinchart at capflow dot com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:30:14 +0200
- CC: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0110241816120.29542-100000@rotuma.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
- Reply-To: laurent dot pinchart at capflow dot com
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>
>>This works if I run xkbcomp manually and store the resulting file in
>>/tmp, but if I don't I get the error message
>>"Error opening keymap file fr, reverting to defaults".
>>
>Hm,
>man Xserver tells me that xkbmap does not specify the map, but a compiled
>map (as you already noticed)
>
>Does "setxkbmap fr" change the settings after X is running?
>
>Or compile a version and place it in a directory and call X
>with -xkbmap file -xkbdir directory
>
That's what I tried from the start, and it works fine. But I would have
expected a way to automate the process using an XF86Config-like
configuration file.
Laurent Pinchart