Remaping keyboard files

README.MD

Remapping keys

• Download .zip file, unzip, and cd into extracted
• Run setup.sh
• changes the US layout option to 21st century keyboard navigation
• tldr; Capslock disabled, Capslock used as new modifier key
• navigation with
  • caps + j, k, l, i = arrows in arrow layout
  • caps + u, o = home, end
  • caps + h, ; = backspace, delete
  • caps + y, n = PgUp, PgDown
• caps + shift, cntrl behaviour as you would expect

compat_complete

default xkb_compatibility "complete" {
    include "basic"
    augment "iso9995"
    augment "mousekeys"
    augment "accessx(full)"
    augment "misc"
    augment "xfree86"
    augment "level5"
    augment "caps(caps_lock)"
    interpret Caps_Lock+AnyOfOrNone(all) {
       action= SetMods(modifiers=Lock);
   };
};

keyboard_onstartup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Set the repeat on for the remapped keys in /usr/share/X11/xkb/
xset r 65 # space 

xset r 30 # u
xset r 31 # i
xset r 32 # o

xset r 43 # h
xset r 44 # j
xset r 45 # k
xset r 46 # l
xset r 47 # ;

setup.sh

#!/bin/bash
sudo cp compat_complete /usr/share/X11/xkb/compat/complete
sudo cp types_complete  /usr/share/X11/xkb/types/complete
sudo cp symbols_us      /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us

setxkbmap -layout us

symbols_us

default  partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {

    name[Group1]= "English (US)";

    key <TLDE> {	[     grave,	asciitilde	]	};
    key <AE01> {	[	  1,	exclam 		]	};
    key <AE02> {	[	  2,	at		]	};
    key <AE03> {	[	  3,	numbersign	]	};
    key <AE04> {	[	  4,	dollar		]	};
    key <AE05> {	[	  5,	percent		]	};
    key <AE06> {	[	  6,	asciicircum	]	};
    key <AE07> {	[	  7,	ampersand	]	};
    key <AE08> {	[	  8,	asterisk	]	};
    key <AE09> {	[	  9,	parenleft	]	};
    key <AE10> {	[	  0,	parenright	]	};
    key <AE11> {	[     minus,	underscore	]	};
    key <AE12> {	[     equal,	plus		]	};

    key <AD01> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",
                symbols[Group1]=[q,     Q,      Escape],	
                actions[Group1]=[NoAction(),    NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<ESC>) ]
       };
    key <AD02> {	[	  w,	W		]	};
    key <AD03> {	[	  e,	E		]	};
    key <AD04> {	[	  r,	R		]	};
    key <AD05> {	[	  t,	T		]	};
    key <AD06> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",
                symbols[Group1]=[y,     Y,      Page_Up],	
                actions[Group1]=[NoAction(),    NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<PGUP>) ]
       };
    key <AD07> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",
                symbols[Group1]=[u,     U,      Home],	
                actions[Group1]=[NoAction(),    NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<HOME>) ]
       };
    key <AD08> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",
                symbols[Group1]=[	  i,	I, Up		],	
                actions[Group1]=[      NoAction(),      NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<UP>) ]
       }; 
    key <AD09> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",
                symbols[Group1]=[o,	O, End],	
                actions[Group1]=[NoAction(),      NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<END>) ]
       }; 
    key <AD10> {	[	  p,	P 		]	};
    key <AD11> {	[ bracketleft,	braceleft	]	};
    key <AD12> {	[ bracketright,	braceright	]	};

    key <AC01> {	[	  a,	A 		]	};
    key <AC02> {	[	  s,	S		]	};
    key <AC03> {	[	  d,	D		]	};
    key <AC04> {	[	  f,	F		]	};
    key <AC05> {	[	  g,	G		]	};
    key <AC06> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",
                symbols[Group1]=[h,	H, BackSpace],	
                actions[Group1]=[NoAction(),    NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<BKSP>) ]
       };
    key <AC07> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",	
                        symbols[Group1]=[	  j,	J, Left		],
                        actions[Group1]=[      NoAction(),      NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<LEFT>) ]
	       };
    key <AC08> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",
                        symbols[Group1]=[	  k,	K, Down		],	
                        actions[Group1]=[      NoAction(),      NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<DOWN>) ]
               }; 
    key <AC09> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",	
                        symbols[Group1]=[l,	L, Right		],
                        actions[Group1]=[NoAction(),      NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<RGHT>) ]	
                };
    key <AC10> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",	
                        symbols[Group1]=[semicolon,	colon, Delete		],
                        actions[Group1]=[NoAction(),      NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<DELE>) ]	
                };
    key <AC11> {	[ apostrophe,	quotedbl	]	};
    key <AB01> {	[	  z,	Z 		]	};
    key <AB02> {	[	  x,	X		]	};
    key <AB03> {	[	  c,	C		]	};
    key <AB04> {	[	  v,	V		]	};
    key <AB05> {	[	  b,	B		]	};
    key <AB06> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",
                symbols[Group1]=[n,     N,      Page_Down],	
                actions[Group1]=[NoAction(),    NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<PGDN>) ]
       };
    key <AB07> {	[	  m,	M		]	};
    key <AB08> {	[     comma,	less		]	};
    key <AB09> {	[    period,	greater		]	};
    key <AB10> {	[     slash,	question	]	};
    key <BKSL> {	[ backslash,         bar	]	};
    key <SPCE> {type= "CUST_CAPSLOCK",	
                        symbols[Group1]=[space,        space,           Return],
                        actions[Group1]=[NoAction(),      NoAction(),   RedirectKey(keycode=<RTRN>) ]	
                };
};

types_complete

default xkb_types "complete" {
    include "basic"
    include "mousekeys"
    include "pc"
    include "iso9995"
    include "level5"
    include "extra"
    include "numpad"
    type "CUST_CAPSLOCK" {
       modifiers= Shift+Lock; 
       map[Shift] = Level2;            //maps shift and no Lock. Shift+Alt goes here, too, because Alt isn't in modifiers.
       map[Lock] = Level3;
       map[Shift+Lock] = Level3;       //maps shift and Lock. Shift+Lock+Alt goes here, too.
       level_name[Level1]= "Base";
       level_name[Level2]= "Shift";
       level_name[Level3]= "Lock";
   };
};