Re: Caps Lock indication

On 07 Jul 2011, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On 06.07.11 21:53, Михаил Голубев wrote:
> > Nice advices! Thanks a lot!
> >
> > I did a bit of googling and I think it's time come to dismiss this naughty
> > key)
>
> Especially on laptops, mapping it to escape is a significant
> convenience, because escape is usually tiny and far away. Eliminating
> CapsLock is a useful bonus.
>
> On a couple of laptops, and two desktops, I've done it like this:
>
> To change CAPS_LOCK to ESCAPE, put into ~/.Xmodmap:
> keycode 0x42 = Escape
> clear Lock # Disable Caps-Lock
>
> In nearly a decade without it, I'm yet to find a need for CapsLock.
> (There were quite a few capitalised token names in some yacc I typed in
> the last few hours, but the left little finger handles that without
> thought.)
>
> Erik

I do the same on my desktop and three laptops. For some reason .Xmodmap
wasn't working for me so I put it in .xinitrc, along with various other
key remappings.

Anthony

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