Debian Caps-lock Re-purposing

.bashrc

hyper-caps() {
    xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap -verbose
}

normal-caps() {
    setxkbmap -layout us
}

.Xmodmap

keycode 66 = Mode_switch
keysym j = j J Left
keysym l = l L Right
keysym i = i I Up
keysym k = k K Down
keysym u = u U Home
keysym o = o O End

Orignal solution of creating an entry in startup applications works on reboot but the key bindings reset when resuming from suspend (sleep states). I tried installing a script in /lib/systemd/system-sleep/ which works sometimes but fails a lot and feels super race-condition-y. Looking into setxkbmap instead of xmodmap, as these two conflict and have the potential to reset each other.

https://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Configuring_keyboards
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/XKeyboardRemappingNotes

Edit: I'm running Elementary OS 6 Odin

For now, I'm not even bothering with any automation and just ended up creating some quick and dirty convenience functions in my ~/.bashrc

hyper-caps() {
    xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap -verbose
}

normal-caps() {
    setxkbmap -layout us
}