[Wylug-discuss] No cursor keys

[Andrew Lindley]

Dave Fisher <wylug-discuss at davefisher.co.uk>  wrote:
> I once knew xmodmap well enough to create 2-key bindings for the cursor key
> control codes, but that knowledge has long slipped from my memory and I've
> no idea about how to create such generic bindings in the current landscape
> of conflicting desktop environments, compositors and window managers.
> 
> Can anyone at least suggest a useful place to start researching this, that
> won't send me off to chase a whole host of (mostly deprecated) red herrings?

Here's AskUbuntu's 101 on the subject, if it helps.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/24916/how-do-i-remap-certain-keys

Leny