simple key remapping for broken key

[Ari Meyer]

Hi,

I am just now moving to Linux Mint from Windows, so please forgive my Linux ignorance.  My keyboard's "p" key no longer works.  I would like to remap my <np_home> key ("7" with numlock on) to serve as my "p" key.  With this, I need <shift>+<np_home>, <ctrl>+<np_home>, etc. to map the same way to <shift>+p, <ctrl>+p, etc., with numlock on or off  I did this with AutoHotKey using this script:

Numpad7::
NumpadHome::p
^Numpad7::
^NumpadHome::^p
!Numpad7::
!NumpadHome::!p
!+Numpad7::
!+NumpadHome::!+p
^+Numpad7::
^+NumpadHome::^+p
^!Numpad7::
^!NumpadHome::^!p
^!+Numpad7::
^!+NumpadHome::^!+p

Is there an analogous set of phrases or a script I can write for autokey?  I tried using phrases, but after successfully mapping the hotkey <np_home> to "p", further key combinations starting causing problems.

Thanks,
Ari

[Joe]

Welcome to the list Ari.

Except for the keys which are modifier keys to start with, a particular
key can only be mapped once in AutoKey.

So, you can't do it in AutoKey, but:

Linux provides keyboard remapping tools which should allow you to remap
the np_home key to the p key itself.
This will show you how it's done:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3177953/how-to-bind-key-to-another-key-in-ubuntu

If you still need help after reading that (it's a bit tricky to
understand), post here again and we'll see what we can do.

BTW, unless you need a super gamer keyboard or you have a notebook and
don't want to use an external USB or wireless keyboard, replacement
keyboards are relatively cheap.

Joe

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[Steve Fisher]

Have a look at xmodmap, Arch Wiki is always a good source of info:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xmodmap

Also xkeycaps is useful

Steve

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[Ari Meyer]

Thank you, Joe and Steve.  I will try that.  Yeah, it's a laptop, and I use an external keyboard at home.  It's some problem with the internal membrane/electrical connection, not the key itself, so I'd have to replace the whole laptop keyboard to fix it. :-(

Regards,
Ari

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[Ari Meyer]

Thanks, Steve -- good to know where to look!
Ari

[Ari Meyer]

xmodmap worked perfectly for this -- thanks!

[Steve Fisher]

Another thing you can do, whilst a keyboard is connected is set up an abbreviation to type the letter "p" e.g.

when you type #o it types "p".

Steve

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[Steve Fisher]

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Ooops trigger immediately should be ticked :)

Steve