[mdlug] Remapping Backspace key

[Aaron Kulkis]

Matthew Krauss wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In my never-ending quest to perfect my keyboard layout, I've tripped on 
> the backspace and fallen down in to the cracks where all the crumbs and 
> dust are.  I want to swap backspace and backslash, but it won't work.
> 
> The backslash/pipe key takes on the aspect and attribute of the 
> backspace just fine (and I love it!)
> 
> The backspace key is more picky.  It just refuses to generate a pipe.  
> Hitting backspace generates a backslash, and hitting shift-backspace 
> generates a... drum roll... backslash.
> 
> Googling turns up some  other mention of this problem:
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/xfree86-list/2003-September/msg00028.html
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2004/03/msg00053.html
> 
> At the first link, the question is asked, but not answered.
> 
> At the second link, someone gives a rough explanation of why this 
> happens and it is not considered a bug, and a link to a French-language 
> workaround for a similar situation.  I tried to adapt the workaround (I 
> don't speak French, but Bash was our common language); but it didn't work.
> 
> I'll post the details of that attempt if anyone thinks it would be 
> helpful, BUT I am really hoping someone has a better approach.  Ideas 
> anyone?
> 

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