Ah. I think that might be the way to go indeed. Thanks so much for the suggestion!
On Aug 8, 7:00 pm, björn <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/8/9 Dmitry Kichenko: > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the response. > > > I already remapped the Caps Lock to Ctrl via the System Preferences > > but the problem is a lot of functionality in Mac OS is based around > > the Command key. > > > Basically, that allows for easier use of VIm but things like copying, > > pasting and all the other commands in Mac OS still require bending the > > finger to reach for the Command key, whereas in Windows most OS > > commands revolve around Ctrl which means I can use the little finger > > for everything. > > > Once I get home however, my little finger keeps reaching for Caps Lock/ > > Ctrl for all the system commands but that only has meaning within > > MacVim — Mac OS still wants me to use the Command key. The workaround, > > then, is to map Caps Lock to Command but of course I can no longer use > > Vim in that case without some sort of additional remapping. > > Ok, I understand what you are trying to do now. The only solution I > can come up with requires a bit of set up, but you won't need to > install anything. > > For example, here is how to set up Ctrl-C to Copy in MacVim: > > 1. Open up System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard Shortcuts > 2. Click the "+" button in the lower left > 3. Fill in the boxes as follows: > Application: All Applications > Menu Title: Copy > Keyboard Shortcut: ^C > > (Hold down Ctrl and "C" simultaneously in the last step.) Now repeat > steps 2 and 3 for each menu item that you want to rebind to use Ctrl. > This will only work for shortcuts that appear as menu items, but most > Cmd-key combinations do appear on menus. You can choose "MacVim" > instead of "All Applications" if you only want the keys to change in > MacVim, but from what I can tell you want to change it for all > applications. > > Björn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
