I currently have xmodmap setup for my user so I can type certain special characters. However, this only applies to my user, and I need these characters to be type-able everywhere, for all users.Is there a global xmodmap file I can use? I'm running Debian.
Set global xmodmap in Debian
keyboard shortcuts;xmodmap
There's no standard system-wide xmodmap file. It depends on your distribution, on your display manager and on the user's desktop environment.In Debian, I think all display managers run the global session startup scripts in /etc/X11/Xsession.d before they invoke the user's chosen session startup. So does xinit. As of jessie, this does not include any call to xmodmap (presumably because the default keyboard configuration is supposed to be done via XKB), but you can add your own script there.You can put XKB settings in xorg.conf, but you can't reference an xmodmap file.