On 16/07/08 03:21, Gautam Iyer wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know if it is possible to automatically disable caps lock > when I exit insert mode? I often enable it to type the name of > variables, and then forget to disable it when I exit insert mode. > > Then pressing "j" joins lines, and to my frustration pressing "u" will > not undo it back as expected. At this point I realize my stupidity in > having left caps lock on, and after correcting the error and swearing at > the monitor I return to my blissful state. > > If perhaps caps lock could be disabled automatically... > > GI >
Caps lock is too low-level for Vim to be able to set or clear it. It should be left to keyboard drivers, and even so it is not handled flawlessly when more than one driver try to drive the keyboard: a few days ago it took me some time, after switching to a text console and back to X, before I realized that the Caps Lock light was now _on_ only when Caps Lock mode was _off_. I tried to switch terminals back and forth again, but the only way to put the keyboard in a "known mode" again was to reboot. Best regards, Tony. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 76. Your ISP regards you as a business partner rather than as a customer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
