Reply to message «Re: Caps Lock indication», sent 21:53:33 06 July 2011, Wednesday by Михаил Голубев:
Yes, replacing caps lock with something more useful is the best solution for me: I have left control there (and Esc on `real' left control). First is done by ctrl:nocaps xkb option, second by line `keycode 37 = Escape' in ~/.Xmodmap (on your machine number after `keycode' may differ). Of course, this works only for X server. I don't know any windows or mac solutions for this problem. Original message: > Nice advices! Thanks a lot! > > I did a bit of googling and I think it's time come to dismiss this naughty > key) > > Best regards, > Mikhail Golubev > > 2011/7/6 ZyX <[email protected]> > > > Reply to message <<Re: Caps Lock indication>>, > > sent 20:08:16 06 July 2011, Wednesday > > > > by Михаил Голубев: > > > Thanks for your attention and explanation Tony. So I will continue to > > > guess Caps Lock state looking at mess on my screen :) and try to find > > > another appropriate solution of my problem. > > > > Answer <<it can't>> is false. While there is no possible > > system-independent solutions in pure vimscript, system-dependent and/or > > not pure vimscript solutions are possible: on linux (and any other > > system that uses X server), for > > example, you can invoke `xset q' (if xset is installed) and parse its > > output to > > get CapsLock state; maybe there is also some `file' in /proc or /sys > > which can > > be used for this purpose (I don't know for sure) (if it is, then you > > could write > > faster pure vimscript system-dependent solution). It also is not > > impossible that > > some python/perl/ruby/lua/... package contains cross-platform function > > getCapsLockState. > > > > You should seek appropriate solution in this direction. > > > > Original message: > > > Thanks for your attention and explanation Tony. So I will continue to > > > guess Caps Lock state looking at mess on my screen :) and try to find > > > another appropriate solution of my problem. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Golubev Mikhail > > > > > > On 6 июл, 19:01, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 06/07/11 16:01, Михаил Голубев wrote: > > > > > Hello to everyone. > > > > > > > > > > I want to write small function for my 'statusline' option, so it > > > > shows > > > > > > > whether Caps Lock button was pressed or not. I work on laptop and > > > > > "analog" led indicator is right under my wrist so I don't see it at > > > > > all. Do you have any assumptions how this can be done? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > Golubev Mikhail > > > > > > > > Short answer: It can't. > > > > > > > > Long answer: Vim cannot tell the current Caps Lock / Shift Lock / > > > > Scroll > > > > > > Lock state, it doesn't know when a key was released but only that it > > > > was > > > > > > pressed, and it doesn't know the Shift / Scroll / Alt state except > > > > sometimes (and not always in a way that vimscript can read) when some > > > > "ordinary" key gets pressed. And to make everything even more > > > > complex, there are some keys or key combinations that Vim never sees > > > > because > > > > they > > > > > > are snatched away before it can get them (e.g. on KDE Ctrl-F7 means > > > > "switch to virtual desktop #7", on Linux Ctrl-Alt-F5 means "switch to > > > > virtual text console #5 aka /dev/tty5); and in console mode it is > > > > also dependent on the underlying terminal for what, if anything, if > > > > will see for any particular key or key combination: for instance it > > > > is a well known (and intentional) fact that Shift makes no > > > > difference in conjunction with Ctrl-A to Ctrl-Z. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Tony. > > > > -- > > > > World War Three can be averted by adherence to a strictly enforced > > > > dress code!
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