Remap key to simulate Ctrl+Alt simultaniously

Black Sun and said:

Wait, what? This sounds really stupid. How are you supposed to switch consoles while in X, or enter some of X's special codes, without being able to press Ctrl+Alt?

Uh-huh. xmodmap binds single keys to single keys, not single keys to arbitrary actions.

Nope, it didn't work right the last time I tried it either. Fortunately, this isn't too difficult to do. Use xbindkeys (or its frontend gtk-xbindkeys) and xmacroplay. xmacroplay simulates key events, mouse motion events, and mouse button events. xbindkeys binds arbitrary keys to arbitrary actions. Make a script like so:

#!-bin-sh echo -e "KeyStrPress ControlL-nKeyStrPress AltL-nKeyStrRelease AltL-n KeyStrRelease ControlL" xmacroplay :0 # end ctrl+alt.sh

...do xbindkeys -k, bind special key N to ctrl+alt.sh, you should be set. xmacroplay is part of the "xmacro" package; look that up on freshmeat.net if your distro doesn't have a package--it's a quick download and a quick compile. HTH,

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