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I just swapped Backspace and CapsLock by adding 'caps:backspace' to the xkb-options in dconf-editor. It works, but Backspace is not repeatable now, it only deletes one char and stops. How can I fix this?

I've read this.

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  • @GunnarHjalmarsson I added `'caps:backspace'` to the `xkb-options`. – Ives Mar 14 '18 at 02:06
  • It does not swap the keys, but makes Caps Lock an additional Backspace. I just tried it, and for me (on Ubuntu 17.10) both keys work as Backspace usually does. I can't reproduce the issue you describe. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Mar 14 '18 at 02:24

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xmodmap -e "clear Lock"

The creator of the thread had mentioned this in an edit and it worked for me. I am unable to understand how this works exactly but it works.

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