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Article:		Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks
Subject:		Re: Apple Laptop Keyboards Unsuitable for Unix Users
Date:		2002-10-29 10:02:35
From:		anonymous2

Use 'dumpkeys' to dump the keymap out to a file. Then edit the file and switch the scancodes of CapsLock = X, and Control = Y around. Then use the program 'loadkeys' to load that keymap back into mem. This will put the keys back into the right places. <this is what I did with my iBook2, it works fine, and yes, the battery life is great.> For a 'UNIX user', you should know by now that the magic is in the software. The hardware is secondary. cheers!

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Re: Apple Laptop Keyboards Unsuitable for Unix Users
2007-05-29 00:18:43 JoeCarroll [View]

It seems that the dumpkeys and loadkeys commands are absent from Tiger's unix tools. Any suggestion where I can get these? I've tried MacPorts but no luck. I've also tried the X11 command-line tool dumpkeymap but it just generates an error "
Bad key mapping length (0)".