How to swap alt and ctrl on Linux for Emacs?
How to swap alt and ctrl on Linux for Emacs? It will be more easier to press the ctrl keys which is a very important key for Emacs.
You can make of xmodmap.
Save this as a file modmap:
clear control
clear mod1
keycode 64 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L
keycode 37 = Alt_L Meta_L Alt_L Meta_L
keycode 108 = Control_R NoSymbol Control_R
keycode 105 = Alt_R Meta_R Alt_R Meta_R
add mod1 = Alt_R Alt_L Meta_R Meta_L
add control = Control_R Control_L
And then run:
xmodmap modmap
If you want to make it permanent (reloaded each time you start X), save the file content to ~/.xmodmap and add this line to your ~/.xsession:
xmodmap ~/.xmodmap