On Thursday, May 05, 2011 09:23:55 Sean Swehla wrote: > On 05/05/2011 07:43 AM, Michael Chase-Salerno wrote: > > On 05/05/2011 07:34 AM, Sean Dague wrote: > >> And lastly, again from the pre meeting and dinner, you can turn your > >> Caplock into another modifier key that you can use for shortcuts instead > >> of just MAKING YOU SOUND LIKE A CRAZY PERSON ON THE INTERNET. > >> > >> Create a file called .Xmodmap in your home directory and make it > >> contain: > >> > >> ! No Caps Lock > >> clear lock > >> ! Caps Lock as Hyper key (doesn't exist on most keyboards) > >> keycode 0x42 = Hyper_L > >> remove mod4 = Hyper_L > >> remove mod3 = Hyper_L > >> add mod3 = Hyper_L > >> > >> Then run "xmodmap .Xmodmap" and it will take. When X starts it will load > >> this file for you by default, so you only need to do this if you don't > >> want to log out and back in again the first time you change it. > >> > >> -Sean > > > > This is also available via "System->Preferences->Keyboard->Layouts" > > then the "Options..." button. There's a Caps Lock section there, and a > > bunch of other things as well. Some of the CapsLock options are hidden > > under the other keys too, for example, if you want to make CapsLock an > > additional Ctrl, it's under the CtrlKey section. > > > > Mike > > There are a bunch of options there, too. I highly recommend that > everybody play with reassigning CapsLock to something even if you're not > annoyed by it's existence. I've switched caps and esc on all of my comps > and it has sped up my work flow amazingly. Now I just have to find out > if I can map esc to hyper... > > /thor
My impression at dinner is that everybody at the table universally despised both CapsLock as well as the CapsLock light. ;-) So yeah, "reclaiming" CapsLock to do something USEFUL makes a lot of sense. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 1 - Zimbra Jul 6 - Jul 2011 Aug 3 - Scala - 100th MHVLUG meeting
