remap key with control modifier

[Manfred Georg]

Hi,

The c and v key are inconveniently positioned in the dvorak layout
so that I can't hit control-c or control-v with my left hand while
moving the mouse.  Luckily I have an extra key (Super_L) which I
can play with.

Two solutions I was looking at.

I would like to remap the super key straight to
control-c and then have control-super be control-v and
be able to modify both of those with shift.
Unfortunately, this seems like a pipe dream since applications
require that a control key actually be held down for correct behavior.
xmodmap -e 'keycode 115 = 003'
doesn't work, let alone the other stuff I talked about.

Approach two.  Turn the super key into a control key that also changes the
keyboard layout (perhaps to qwerty).
I got close to this, except that again, I can't have the key
both change what a key produces (Mode_switch) and act as a control key.

Remap the extra key to Mode_switch
and then add the appropriate characters to nearby keys.

xmodmap -e "remove mod4 = Super_L"
xmodmap -e "keycode 115 = Mode_switch" # the super (windows) key
xmodmap -e "add mod5 = Mode_switch"
xmodmap -e "keycode 54 = j J c" # qwerty c key

now control-Mode_switch-j produces a control-c
However, I would like to remove the "control" from that sequence,
since I will never use Mode_switch without the control key also being
pressed.

Am I missing something, or are these things really not possible?

Manfred

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