How to permanently swap esc and caps lock in xfce / xubuntu?
Execute xfce4-settings-manager, in Session and Startup
-> Application autostart
, add an entry, which executes xmodmap ~/.xmodmap
Or rename the file to ~/.Xmodmap
xkb
has an option that does just that:
caps:swapescape Swap ESC and Caps Lock
so you could simply add1
/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "caps:swapescape"
to your XFCE autostart items.
1: there might be a better way to do this but I'm not a XFCE user
In Xfce on Opensuse I swapped my Esc and Caps Lock keys by editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
file as explained at the archlinux wiki. I added a line that says
Option "XkbOptions" "caps:swapescape"
to the section that starts with
Section "InputClass"
then restarted my computer and the deed was done.
Back up the file before you edit it. If you make a mistake your gui might not start and you will have to restore or edit the file from a command prompt. In Ubuntu I recall that I had to put add the option line in a keyboard configuration file that had a different name.