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Use setxkbmap to swap the Left Shift and Left Control describes how to swap some modifier keys with xkbcomp. However, I'd like to just add a custom setxkbmap option instead of using xkbcomp with a full layout definition. Similar to setxkbmap -option local:swap_lwin_lctrl, I'd like to swap right win & right control without modifying existing files in /usr/share/X11/xkb (which would be overwritten on package upgrade).

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I have the same issue. From the doc, one could guess that the correct syntax would be something like that :

$ setxkbmap -I$HOME/.config/xkb -option mine:accent

Note : ~ doesn't work with the -I option

with

~/.config/xkb/symbols/azerty_altgr

partial default
xkb_symbols "accent" {
    include "level3(ralt_switch)"
    key <AE02>  { [  NoSymbol, NoSymbol, eacute,      NoSymbol ] };
    key <AE07>  { [  NoSymbol, NoSymbol, egrave,      NoSymbol ] };
    key <AE09>  { [  NoSymbol, NoSymbol, asciicircum, NoSymbol ] };
    key <AE10>  { [  NoSymbol, NoSymbol, agrave,      NoSymbol ] };
};

or whatever symbole file you have and

~/.config/xkb/rules/evdev

! option        =   symbols
  mine:accent   =   +azerty_altgr(accent)

Unfortunately, it doesn't work.

The only solution I found is the following : Use the same files described above. Set all native option using setxkbmap -option caps:swapescape,whatever. Then :

$ setxkbmap -print > tempfile.txt

and edit tempfile.txt in order to add your custom option in the xkb_symbols line :

xkb_keymap {
    xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
    xkb_types     { include "complete"  };
    xkb_compat    { include "complete"  };
    xkb_symbols   { include "pc+us+fr:2+inet(evdev)+capslock(swapescape)+azerty_altgr(accent)"  };
    xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)" };
};

and finaly :

xkbcomp -I$HOME/.config/xkb tempfile.txt $DISPLAY

It can be generalised for any number of options. This solution is deprecated according to Archlinux wiki.

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  • Great, thanks for this! I can confirm that it is still working as of 2018-01-25, and the archwiki warning has been updated to indicate that it might not be deprecated. – joelostblom Jan 25 '18 at 16:55