Hello Esther and others, I have written to the developer and the answer implies that it may be possible to have the caps lock act as the VO keys. I have not yet successfully followed all the directions but am getting close. Once I get it re mapped I can test it out.
Fixing the delay in the caps lock behavior is mentioned. As part of the solution I needed to change the caps lock behavior in system preferences, Keyboard to no action. My current problem is that I can't figure out how to download and install a needed specially built xml file. I'm very hopefull that I will eventually find this works. I'm so glad Esther brought this app to our attention. I suspect it's uses will continue to be discovered. Eric Caron On Aug 24, 2012, at 4:42 PM, Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > I'll interleave my responses to your comments. >> • This app is a great help to me. If I had only had this a few years ago >> I probably would not have bothered buying full sized USB keyboards for my >> Mac book. I now have full size keyboards on all my Macs. The reason for >> this is the desire to have VO keys on both sides of the space bar and also >> because I rely a lot on the keyboard commander. With this Key mapping app >> set up I probably will stop bringing the extra keyboard with me when >> traveling. > > Glad to hear you find this useful. I found out about KeyRemap4Macbook about > two years ago, but didn't take note of the default NumPad setup until earlier > this year. The ability to use all the NumPad Commander definitions with > modifier keys in this mode is what really sparked my interest. There are > actually iPhone NumPad apps that let you use your phone as an external NumPad > through Wi-Fi and which will support modifier keys in NumPad Commander, but > stability of performance is an issue -- at the present time there's too much > tendency to repeat keys and either lag or stutter to use this with any > reliability, though it has worked at times in the past. > >> • I do have one question. I looked at the Caps lock area because I would >> have loved to be able to map the caps lock to serve as VO keys. It talks >> there about caps lock being a special key and gives some directions that >> seem to imply it might be possible to do this. But this is not clear to me >> as it talks about using a PC hak and gives a web site. >> If it is possible to remap the caps lock using this app I would love to do >> so. I've seen many other mac users asking for this as well. >> >> If anyone figures out how to do this or if it is possible using this app >> please share your findings. >> >> In my case I have enabled the num pad and changed the right command key to >> left control. Currently only active on my internal keyboard. >> >> If Caps lock is possible to use as VO keys, I will use that and put my right >> command back to command. I'll then activate this for all keyboards. >> >> If this is possible I will use the app a lot so will quickly donate! >> >> Thanks for any info on my caps lock question! > > The caps lock key behavior on the Mac was changed about the same time the > embedded NumPad was removed. Unlike all other keys, the caps lock has a > slight delay before it takes effect. This is the source of the difficulties > in remapping the insert key to caps lock in VMWare Fusion after that change. > > It's also why KR4MB refers to a PC layout to get caps lock remapping working. > I'm not sure how to achieve this. And will not be able to check for at least > a week due to travel. >> >> By the way, I think donating to these developers, who create apps we use is >> a good thing. I was pleasantly surprised when Carbon Copy Cloner became a >> paid app that I did not need to pay. Apparently because I donated I was >> grandfathered in and not asked to pay another fee. It seemed like a small >> example of doing something nice and having something nice come back to me as >> a result. >> >> >> Eric Caron > Agreed. 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