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My pitiful attempt at organizing .config files.

Keyboard layout settings

X11

# 1. Swap the physical Escape and Caps Lock keys entirely
setxkbmap -option "caps:swapescape"

# 2. Make the new Escape key (physical Caps Lock) act as Ctrl when held
# The physical Caps Lock key is now internally an Escape key due to the swap above.
# We use scape on the *resulting* Escape key, which does not naturally work.
# So now, we set the physical Caps Lock key to behave as a Ctrl key.
# Then we implement the Escape functionality.
setxkbmap -option "caps:ctrl_modifier"

# 3. Make the new Escape key (physically the Caps Lock key) send Escape when 
xcape -e "Control_L=Escape"

You can those to e.g. ~/.xprofile, ~/.xsession or your desktop environment's autostart settings. Make sure said file is executable.

Wayland / X11 / TTY

1. Install keyd.
2. Navigate to and edit /etc/keyd/default.conf.
3. Add the following lines:

   [ids]
   
   *
   
   [main]
   # Physical Caps Lock key: Tap for Escape, Hold for Control
   # Overload function syntax: overload(modifier, tap_action)
   capslock = overload(control, esc)
   
   # Physical Escape key: Act as Caps Lock
   esc = capslock

4. Enable and start keyd with systemctl.
5. Reload the keyd configuration:

   sudo keyd reload

   You can monitor the changes from another terminal with keyd monitor.

Dependencies

• i3
• polybar
• zsh
• neovim
• batcat
• fzf

ZSH Dependencies

• Powerlevel10k (theme)
• Starship (theme)
• z
• zsh-autosuggestions
• zsh-syntax-highlighting
• you-should-use
• zsh-bat
• fzf