swapkeys blog entry

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+title: 2014-03 blogs
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+parent: 2014
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+title: Swapping Control and Super Keys
+linktitle: swapkeys
+parent: 2014-03
+ctime: 2014-03-22
+mtime: 2014-03-22
+
+After marathon multi-hour code sessions, I will sometimes get wrist discomfort.
+I've learned that one of the key actions that trigger discomfort is [ulnar
+deviation]
+(http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/WristFlexors/DBUlnarFlexion.html).  I've
+noticed that rotating my wrist in this fashion to reach the control keys with
+the pinkies repeatedly can really get my wrists fired up.  Since I tend to live
+in the vim text editor, I tend to use this motion frequently!
+
+To reach the control keys on most keyboards, one needs to move the entire arm
+and/or "ulnar deviate".  But if the control keys are in the right position, one
+can use the "partial fist" method to depress them -- that is, roll up the pinky
+as if making a fist, and depress the key on the row with the space bar using
+the pinky's knuckle.  This movement is accomplished with no arm movement and no
+ulnar deviation.
+
+The problem with this partial fist method is that on most keyboards, one ends
+up hitting the windows key (on the left) and the menu key (on the right), and
+not the control keys.  In Linux, these keys are referred to as the Super keys.
+So my solution to help alleviate some wrist pain is to re-map the keyboard to
+swap the Super and Control keys.  I even pulled the keycaps off and moved them,
+for completeness (ensure your keyboard has removeable keycaps before trying
+this).
+
+There are several ways to do this remapping, but the method I like the best is
+to change the keycodes assigned to the keys.  The other method is to change
+the actions assigned to the keycodes, but I had various problems with this
+approach.  Two simple script files, `swapctrl` and `unswapctrl` do the job.
+
+
+    #!/bin/bash
+    # Script to swap Control and Windows keys by reassinging keycodes
+    
+    xmodmap -e "clear Control"
+    xmodmap -e "clear Mod4"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode 133 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode  37 = Super_L NoSymbol Super_L"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode 134 = Control_R NoSymbol Control_R"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode 105 = Super_R NoSymbol Super_R"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode 206 ="
+    xmodmap -e "add Control = Control_L Control_R"
+    xmodmap -e "add Mod4 = Super_L Super_R"
+
+and
+
+
+    #!/bin/bash
+    # Script to unswap Control and Windows keys by reassinging keycodes
+    
+    xmodmap -e "clear Control"
+    xmodmap -e "clear Mod4"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode  37 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode 133 = Super_L NoSymbol Super_L"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode 206 = NoSymbol Super_L NoSymbol Super_L"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode 105 = Control_R NoSymbol Control_R"
+    xmodmap -e "keycode 134 = Super_R NoSymbol Super_R"
+    xmodmap -e "add Control = Control_L Control_R"
+    xmodmap -e "add Mod4 = Super_L Super_R"
+