Apple keyboard mapping on Ubuntu KDE

Question

I want to configure the Apple keyboard mapping on dell precision notebook keyboard on Ubuntu KDE such that alt-> win, ctrl->alt, fn -> ctrl. That means i want to make the dell precision notebook keyboard to feel more like apple keyboard.

I tried to configure in the keyboard settings but this didn't work properly, i.e. the mappings didn't work for some hotkeys like ctrl+c. Is there any way that the modified mapping really works well in all applications?

Is this possible?

Answer 1

After a bit of googling the below procedures are said to solve your issue.

Add apple:badmap option to the "XkbOptions" in the "InputDevice" section in your xorg.conf. The section should look like this:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "apple"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
    Option "XkbVariant" ",winkeys"
    Option "XkbOptions" "grp:shift_caps_toggle,apple:badmap"
EndSection

This should swap problematic keys under X. If it doesn't help one can try adding apple:goodmap instead.

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