Re: Dvorak layout except when modifier key is pressed

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> At a minimum, find some way to reassign the modifier keys so that they are
>> laid out (in a direction away from the space bar) in the order Ctrl, Alt,
>> Windows, AppKey. The latter two can be used for super and hyper modifiers.
> 
> If you expect Emacs to change that, you're deluded: you need to look at
> your keyboard config instead.
> 
> 
>         Stefan


I can do this via the Keytweak Program in a msw environment. How do I do the 
same thing in Linux? Is there something that redefines the modifier keys at 
a system level? (i.e so that they would work as described above even in a 
terminal session? It seems that Linux should have the capability to 
reconfigure a vanilla keyboard to work in this fashion:

bottom key row -- super alt ctrl <space bar> ctrl alt super hyper

This would go part way toward making modifier sequences more ergonomically 
feasible.

Ed