help to complete emergency keyboard remapping

[Charles M]

Apparently xmodmap doesn't differentiate between short and long presses,
but qmk firmware might help
https://qmk.fm/

Charles
Mastodon: @chaslinux at techhub.social

On Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 10:08 a.m. Marco Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> after years of intensive typing, the Down arrow key on my keyboard just
> broke (mechanically, I mean), I NEED it badly to quickly scroll up and down
> big text files because I have a deadline tomorrow and for several reasons
> cannot get any other keyboard before Wednesday morning
>
> so as a temporary patch I just did this, to remap the Control Right key to
> Down:
>
> xmodmap -e "keycode 105 = Down"
>
> this works, but not continuously. That is, if I need to scroll down 20
> lines, I must press the Control R key 20 separate times, instead of keeping
> it pressed.
>
> What am I missing? Surely something basic, but right now I honestly cannot
> recognize it in the xmodmap documentation I've already checked
>
> of course, these things always happen right BEFORE an urgent job is
> finished, never AFTER....
>
> Thanks in advance for your help, any minute matters.
>
> Marco
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