Ok, I've used Ubuntu with GNOME for a while, but now I'm using XUbuntu. In Ubuntu, there used to be a keyboard preference which makes the numpad more sane, it was called something like "Make Shift+NumPad work like Windows".
The problem this options solves is, that when you press NumPad 7, it acts like the "Home" key, which is all fine, but if you press Shift+NumPad 7, it acts like the "7" key, which is not fine because I'm on a laptop and the regular "Home" key requires me to pull of an anatomically insane move. Anyways, this option made Shift+NumPad 7 act like the "Home" key.
I can't find that option under XUbuntu. How do I set it?
Update: GUI or command line, doesn't matter.
Best Answer
After some grepping I found the solution: You need to add the
numpad:microsoft
option to the XkbOptions. On older Ubuntus, do that in your xorg.conf. On newer ones open the file/etc/default/keyboard
and change this line:to
Save and reboot (restarting X doesn't seem to work, at least not with RAlt+PrintScreen+K). You may need to run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
for changes to take effect.