On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew, > > I've always liked the ctrl key to be at the left end of the home key line > since 1) that's where it was way back when microcomputer keyboards first > came out and b) I use that much more frequently than I do the capslock key. > (The latter is good only for the name of a character in John Sandford > novels: Del Capslock.) > > So, ... at the end of ~/.bash_profile I have: > > loadkeys ~/.keymap > > and ~/.keymap contains: > > # Created 12 July 2002 by Rich Shepard > # > # Exchange the left Control key and the Caps Lock key on the keyboard > keymaps 0-2,4-6,8-9,12 > keycode 58 = Control > keycode 29 = Caps_Lock > > This works well for console mode. Then, when I'm working in X, in > ~/.xinitrc is the line: > > $HOME/.Xmodmap && xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap > > where .Xmodmap contains: > > clear mod4 > ! > ! Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L > ! > remove Lock = Caps_Lock > remove Control = Control_L > keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock > keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L > add Lock = Caps_Lock > add Control = Control_L > keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L > > Both the above have worked well for me for years, regardless of keyboard > used. Currently, my keyboard is a mini (same size as on my notebook) from > Fry's for $15. Takes little room and is highly efficient. >
Hey, Rich, Thanks for this tip on xmodmap - previously I didn't get as far as actually using the xmodmap command, only swapping my .Xmodmap files. Eeeenteresting. Del Capslock, eh? Hrm. I haven't read John Sandford. Lately my book spice has been Iain M. Banks. Spaceships, lasers, aliens - that kind of stuff. Also - about the Caps Lock key. That's like the greatest swapping key ever. I swap it with Escape, since I code a lot in Vim. Andrew _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
