Tag: linux

Blog Post by: Artem Kovalov
Author: Artem Kovalov

Tweak XKB to make Alt, Meta, Hyper & Super work in Emacs

Default XKB configuration leaves you only with the most popular modifiers like Alt, Super, Ctrl, and Shift. To get Hyper and Meta in my Emacs, I mapped them to spare modifier keys. Along the way I repurposed Caps Lock, improved language switching and got more convenient Compose key for German letters.
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