Linux – remap SHIFT+CAPS LOCK in Linux console

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I recently acquired an old netbook which has no backslash/pipe key. I have successfully remapped the caps lock to backslash using loadkeys.
I would like to map SHIFT+CAPS LOCK to the pipe key in a similar way, in particular not using anything like xkb as I want all this to work on my VTs.

Is it possible to do this using loadkeys or some other tool?

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Found my own answer in the keymaps man page. On my keyboard the CAPS LOCK has keycode 41. To remap it, you need the following keymap line,

keycode 41 = backslash bar

This will map CAPS LOCK to the backslash character, and SHIFT + CAPS LOCK to the bar (pipe) character.

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Switch Between Numbers and Symbols on Caps Lock

Use the following command:

setxkbmap -option caps:shiftlock

Xkb: Use a key to change shift level without appearing as a modifier

Sorry, this is ancient, but perhaps even if it's too late for you, someone else may find this hint useful:

In your types, add:

type "CapsShiftSpecial" {
    modifiers= Shift+Hyper;

    map[Shift]= Level2;
    preserve[Shift]= Shift;

    map[Hyper]= Level3;

    map[Shift+Hyper]= Level4;
    preserve[Shift+Hyper]= Shift;

    level_name[Level1]= "Base";
    level_name[Level2]= "Shift";
    level_name[Level3]= "Hyper";
    level_name[Level4]= "Shift Hyper";
};

Then, in the symbols file, have something like

key <FK01>  { type[group1]="CapsShiftSpecial",
              symbols[group1]=[ F21, F21, F1, F1 ]};

A program monitoring the keystrokes (xev or emacs, for example) will see the keypresses as though you pressed F21, Shift+F21, F1, and Shift+F1.

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Switch Between Numbers and Symbols on Caps Lock

Xkb: Use a key to change shift level without appearing as a modifier

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