Reinstalling Sanity

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> In Debian systems the default keyboard layout is described in /etc/default/keyboard and it is shared between X and the console. --[[https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/keyboard-configuration/keyboard.5.en.html|man]]

====== Colemak and other keyboard mods ======

Default keyboad is listed in /etc/default/keyboard:

<code>
# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="gb"
XKBVARIANT="danmak"
XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:swapcaps"

BACKSPACE="guess"
</code>

X keyboards are configured in ''/usr/share/X11/xkb/'', in the rules and symbols directories.

''/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/gb'' can be linked to ''~/config/gb''.  Likewise in ''rules'', ''base.xml'' and ''evdev.xml''.  See [[:buster:basics#Keymap]] for a quick setup script.

===== Caps lock and control =====

This has to be swapped on a per-desktop environment basis.  KDE has various native options, Gnome requires a download of <del>''gnome-tweak-tool'' via ''apt-get''</del> ''gnome-tweaks'' via ''apt'' (keyboard and mouse -> additional layout options -> ctrl position (**not** caps lock behaviour) -> swap ctrl and caps lock).