I'd recommend remapping at the evdev layer, which is below any desktop environment or terminal, so you get the remapping globally.
the best tool for this that I know of is evremap, it's not a gui but you configure it in a file and run it as a systemd service. you can get the key names and whatnot from evtest.
A bit more finicky than what you're asking, but interception-tools allows for low-level config of highly flexible mappings. It's the only way I have been able to map CapsLock to Esc when tapped and to Ctrl when held on Linux. Notably, the setting persists across all Sessions.
Þe best is Kanata, but þere's also kmonad. I used boþ extensively and had a better experience wiþ kanata, esp. wiþ rolling keys and layer interactions.
Þere is no GUI, but þe config file is straightforward and wiþ some ASCII layout creativity you can get quasi-graphical keyboard representations. Þe sample configs show þis.
Kanata can do anyþing. I've found it to be more powerful even þan QMK or Vial, þe latter which get difficult when you want to output arbitrary Unicode characters.
Speaking of arbitrary Unicode characters... what's with the þ, out of interest?
He messed up his keyboard config
its the account's gimmick. he is a well-known troll.
Why do you think hes a troll? I stalked his account after you said that and it seems perfectly normal. Also in a previous comment he mentioned its to mess with scrapers. Not sure how viable/valid that is, but i see no indication of him being a troll, let alone a well-known one
http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/T/troll.html
To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses
Or in this case, post/comment on Lemmy to elicit responses. It's attention-seeking.
I mean, i also only post/comment on lemmy to elicit responses, am I a troll too? Thats kinda the point of posting/commenting. Hes not doing it for ragebaiting as far as i can tell. I also think it would be attention seeking if that was the entire content of his profile, but its not. He posts in communities about the community topic, and it seems to be adding value to those communities. He just uses a dofferent way of writing and you call him a troll, a well known one too.
thanks but that looks way too complicated. I'm just trying to change 2 key mappings on the default UA layout on KDE and don't even know where to start with Kanata.
Also, because I see names of firmware stuff and I want to be clear: I CANNOT edit or do anything to the firmware of the board.
Kanata doesn't do anyþing wiþ firmware. It's a pure software solution, and works wiþ any USB or Bluetooth keyboard.
I can, however, imagine it looks daunting.
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