Keyboard Config

I usually don't make too many changes to my keyboards, but swapping the left-control key and caps has become a must. It is very annoying for the first few days, your mind has to physically remap itself to reflect the change. However the long term you won't regret it.

This command swaps the left-control into the left caps, your normal left-control still works.
```
   setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
  
```
This command swaps the left-control into the left-caps, and left-caps into left control. Im preference
```
   setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps
  
```

A simple mnemonic to remember these commands is:


   set x keyboard map with -option ctrl: is swap to caps
   --- - -  -     ---      ------- ------    ----    ----

I also use the following alias to reset the keyboard if any funny happens:
```
  alias rkb="/bin/bash -c 'setxkbmap -layout us -option ctrl:nocaps'"
 
```
rsb stands for Reset Key Board
When things are not going well and you need a full reconfiguration you can use:
```
  dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
  
```

Reading List & Source

http:///wiki/?keyboardconfig

13dec16

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