Key-Glove: Loading new keymaps

I'll keep this short and sweet.

To remap the keys in linux simply:

• Copy current keymap (typically us.map.gz) to a new file to edit:

    cd /usr/lib/kbd/keytables
    cp us.map.gz us.newmap.gz
  

• Gunzip and edit new map (its very straight forward once you open the file):

    gunzip us.newmap.gz
    vi us.newmap
  

• Gzip your new map:

    gzip us.newmap
  

• Load new map using loadkeys:

    loadkeys us.newmap
  

Pretty simple eh? just add a line to rc.local to change the map, or you can change the map in your linux kernel and recompile it, but I think its easier to just execute it on the fly so if something goes wrong you get a normal keyboard map.

-Paul

Update: The location of the keymaps is different from above for some linux distros. For example Suse has the maps in: /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/ and it looks like it may use more then just the us map (assuming you're in the u.s.).