Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux?

[Rustom Mody]

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 11:24:33 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Rustom Mody wrote:
> 
> > xkb supercedes xmodmap which is increasingly unsupported
> > ie it does all of the earlier functionality and much more
> >
> > Only catch is to have to read impenetrable docs :-)
> >
> > Ive been directed to these 
> > http://pascal.tsu.ru/en/xkb/setup.html
> > http://www.charvolant.org/~doug/xkb/html/index.html
> >
> > If you make some headway with these I'd like to know!
> 
> Last I checked all I could find was written in Russian, which to my
> regret, I can't read.
> 
> I think xmodmap will be there until Wayland replaces X11.

Just found these
https://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2012/09/msg00274.html
(attachment)
which points to
http://madduck.net/docs/extending-xkb/

> 
> Anyway, again,
> 
>   <URL: http://www.charvolant.org/~doug/xkb/html/node4.html>
> 
> shows the utterly wrong approach to configuring the keyboard: you are
> supposed to touch the XF86Config-4 file. Keyboard preferences should be
> defined under $HOME with user preferences.
> 
> It appears X.org lost sight of the fact that Unix is a multiuser
> environment where every user furnishes and decorates their $HOME to
> their liking.

All true.

Doesn't change the fact that you are running out of time if you use xmodmap
(see motivations of 1st link above)