You can also use xmodmap [1]. My xmodmap file has things like: ! Make Caps Lock be Escape and Scroll Lock be Caps Lock remove Lock = Caps_Lock keysym Ca

You can also use xmodmap [1]. My xmodmap file has things like: ! Make Caps Lock be Escape and Scroll Lock be Caps Lock remove Lock = Caps_Lock keysym Caps_Lock = Escape remove Lock = Scroll_Lock keysym Scroll_Lock = Caps_Lock add Lock = Caps_Lock After reading this post, I also reverted backspace and bar/backslash: keysym BackSpace = backslash bar keysym backslash = BackSpace [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap EDIT: xmodmap link