I use the following .Xmodmap file to map a few symbols and German Umlaute öäü:
keycode 108 = Mode_switch
keycode 13 = 4 dollar EuroSign
keycode 19 = 0 parenright degree
keycode 20 = minus underscore ssharp
keycode 21 = equal plus plusminus
keycode 47 = semicolon colon odiaeresis Odiaeresis
keycode 48 = apostrophe quotedbl adiaeresis Adiaeresis
keycode 49 = grave asciitilde grave asciitilde
To use it I just have to add this line to my .xsessionrc file:
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap &
Unfortunately XFCE takes too long (many seconds) to load it and so I wanted to transfer these settings to the xkb system, which XFCE uses.
But xkb seems too sophisticated to provide a similar simple solution for this simple task. How could the same be achieved with xkb?
There is already an example of how to Override a few keycodes with XKB. However this is not a duplicate since my changes have to go to the xkb_symbols section and the solution needs some essential modifications. Furthermore my xkb file has to be in a folder named symbols/ e.g. ${HOME}/symbols/gergr:
setxkbmap -print |sed -e '/xkb_symbols/s/"[[:space:]]/+gergr&/' |xkbcomp -I${HOME} - $DISPLAY
I am wondering what exactly does a working xkb file look like.
