[mdlug] Remapping Backspace key

[M. D. Krauss]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> 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?
>>
>>     
>
> http://pfuca-store.stores.yahoo.net/haphackeylit1.html
> http://pfuca-store.stores.yahoo.net/haphackeyser.html
>   
Thank you Aaron, I know about that... and I lust after it... but I'm 
poor, so I make do with my little xmodmaps... For now...