HHKB layout for standard keyboard, using xkb

README.md

HHKB layout for standard keyboard, using xkb

Fully working on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

This symbol will do:

• Swap Backspace and Backslash
• Swap CapsLock with Right Ctrl

We need edit to these files:

• /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
• /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst

How to do

Download the custom symbol file (which is below this README) and put into /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols. After then, follow Edit the files.

Edit the files

/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev

Add to the end of the section ! option = symbols:

  custom:hhkb_layout		=	+custom(hhkb_layout)

/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst

Add to the end of the file:

  custom:hhkb_layout   Custom layout (Happy Hacking Keyboard)

After then, follow the #4 of this link.

References

• How to swap Command and Control keys with xkb step by step? - Ask Ubuntu

custom

// http://askubuntu.com/questions/501659/how-to-swap-command-and-control-keys-with-xkb-step-by-step
// HHKB layout for xkb, written by Jongmin Kim (kdzlvaids@gmail.com)

partial modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "hhkb_layout"
{
    // Swap Backspace and Backslash
    key <BKSP> { [ backslash, bar ] };
    key <BKSL> { [ BackSpace, BackSpace ] };

    // Caps Lock to Ctrl
    key <LCTL> { [ Control_R ] };                   // LCtrl    -> RCtrl
    key <RCTL> { [ Caps_Lock ] };                   // RCtrl    -> CapsLock
    key <CAPS> { [ Control_L ] };                   // CapsLock -> LCtrl
    modifier_map Lock    { <RCTL> };
    modifier_map Control { <LCTL>, <CAPS> };
};