On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:50:59 +1000 Steffen Kluge <kluge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 11:07, Jean Calixte wrote: > > I use the command > > > > xmodmap -e "add mod3 = Super_L" > > > > to map the Windows key to a few keyboard shortcuts. I'm annoyed at > > the fact that I have to run this command manually to get the key to > > map. Is there a file I can edit to set up which commands I want to > > run at system startup? I'm also using the Gnome environment. > In RedHat releases up to 9 (and may be FC1) you used to stick those > commands into ~/.Xmodmap, which was read by /etc/X11/gdm/Xsession. > Alas, in FC2 this file doesn't exist anymore, the X session is setup > somehow differently. > > However, /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default loads /etc/X11/Xmodmap, so you > might try to put your xmodmap commands there. xmodmap takes a filename as an argument (see "man xmodmap") so you could just copy /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc/xmodmap.std to ~/.Xmodmap, edit as required, and put "exec xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap" in your ~/.Xclients to run when you log in. -- -John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx)
