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A script which change Capslock to Ctrl, and change rightAlt to Capslock for GNOME + Wayland for Arch linux.
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add_capslock_ctrl.sh
#! /bin/bash
if ! fgrep -qs 'ctrl:new_ctrl = +new_ctrl(new_ctrl)' /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev; then
sudo sed -i.bak '/ctrl:nocaps[[:blank:]]*=[[:blank:]]*+ctrl(nocaps)/a\
ctrl:new_ctrl = +new_ctrl(new_ctrl)
' /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
fi
cat <<'HEREDOC' |sudo tee /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/new_ctrl
partial modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "new_ctrl" {
replace key <CAPS> { [ Control_L ] };
modifier_map Control { <CAPS>, <LCTL> };
replace key <RALT> { [ Caps_Lock ] };
modifier_map Lock { <RALT> };
};
HEREDOC
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['ctrl:new_ctrl']"
# for to disable this run
# gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options
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dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options "['grp:caps_toggle']"

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zw963 commented Feb 25, 2023

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options "['grp:caps_toggle']"

Does this remap any key back to capslock?

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