replacement of "left" key

[Christoffer Brodd-Reijer]

Hi, I am not sure if this is the right place to post but it is my last 
try since I can't get help anywhere else.

Here is the deal: I spilled cola over my laptop and now, two months 
later, the left key is not working anymore. I am going to call Acer and 
see what they can do but until this is fixed I thought I might try to 
combine two working keys to replace the left key.

For example, ctrl+right, ctrl+page_up or something could work as left. 
Because it is really annoying not having the left key anymore. :P I 
tried this is xmodmap but it did not work:

keysym Right = Right Left
keysym Page_Up = Page_Up Left

It kinda worked in Firefox (but since shift was held down it marked the 
text and moved one to the left), but it does not work when I am working 
in a shell. Also, using shift for this is not very good, since I need 
shift to mark text. ctrl would fit better here. Does anyone know how I 
should approach this problem?

Regards.