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know-how/software/linux/_posts/2017-01-20-system-wide-key-remapping-in-ubuntu.md

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+---
+title: System wide key remapping in Ubuntu
+layout: default
+created: 2017-01-20 11:14:41 +0100
+updated: 2017-01-20 11:14:41 +0100
+toc: false
+tags:
+  - know-how
+  - software
+  - linux
+  - keyboard
+  - remapping
+  - keycode
+---
+On my [hp Spectre x360]({% post_url 2016-07-26-hp-spectre-x360 %}), the <kbd>Ins</kbd> key is only
+reachable via the <kbd>Fn</kbd> key as in <kbd>Fn</kbd>+<kbd>PrtScr</kbd>.
+
+So I wanted to swap both keys. System-wide - so not only in X (using `xev`).
+
+I finally found [this](http://superuser.com/questions/290115/how-to-change-console-keymap-in-linux)
+which suggested the following procedure:
+
+1. Dump the current keyboard layout:
+
+        sudo dumpkeys > backup.kmap
+
+1. Check the keycodes you want to change (<kbd>Ins</kbd> = 110, <kbd>PrtScr</kbd> = 99):
+
+        sudo showkey
+
+   (When you're done, wait 10 seconds for it to exit automatically.)
+
+1. Copy the dumped keyboard layout:
+
+        cp backup.kmap ins-prt-swap.kmap
+
+1. Edit it to swap all occurrences of `99` to `110` and vice versa, e.g. change:
+
+        keycode  99 = ...
+        ...
+        keycode 110 = Insert.....
+
+   to
+
+        keycode 110 = ...
+        ...
+        keycode  99 = Insert.....
+
+1. The suggested `sudo setcon --save` didn't work for me, but Ubuntu loads the active keymap from
+   the file `/etc/console-setup/cached.kmap.gz`. So I gzipped my `ins-prt-swap.kmap` and copied the
+   resulting `ins-prt-swap.kmap.gz` to `/etc/console-setup/cached.kmap.gz`.

know-how/software/linux/_posts/2017-04-10-move-window-minimise-maximise-close-buttons.md

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+---
+title: Move window's minimise/maximise/close buttons
+layout: default
+created: 2017-04-10 20:18:32 +0200
+updated: 2017-04-10 20:18:32 +0200
+toc: false
+tags:
+  - know-how
+  - software
+  - linux
+  - gnome
+  - gtk
+  - windows
+  - buttons
+---
+There are two locations where you can define the button's location: **dconf** and **gconf**.
+
+The dconf-method works for most of Gnome Shell and Unity. However, e.g. Chrome is using the "old"
+gconf-setting.
+
+
+dconf
+=====
+
+Install and run `dconf-editor`.
+
+Go to `org` → `gnome` → `desktop` → `wm` → `preferences` and find the setting **`button-layout`**.
+The default value is: `appmenu:close`. To just add the minimise/maximise buttons (e.g. in Gnome Shell),
+change it to: `appmenu:minimize,maximize,close`.
+
+To just move the close button to the left, use: `close,appmenu:`. (The `:` separates the buttons on
+the left and those on the right.)
+
+You can also mix it up, e.g. `close,appmenu:minimize,maximize`.
+
+
+gconf
+=====
+
+Install and run `gconf-editor`.
+
+Go to `apps` → `metacity` → `general` and find **`button_layout`**.
+Here, the default value is `:minimize,maximize,close`.
+
+To get everything to the left, use `close,minimize,maximize:`.