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The caps lock key just has to be the most useless waste of space on a standard qwerty keyboard. I don't think I have ever used it unless you count the times whe
by erikstarck 16y ago
The caps lock key just has to be the most useless waste of space on a standard qwerty keyboard. I don't think I have ever used it unless you count the times when you accidentally PRESS IT. Woops.
- pmjordan 16y agoYou can easily remap it to another modifier key on OSX in the system preferences. Other OSes/Windowing systems typically require a modified keyboard layout, but you might be able to find software to do it easily.
- berntb 16y agoStandard function these days under Gnome (Ubuntu, at least). Ask any Emacs users. :-)
- davvid 16y agoI map caps lock to be an extra control key. It does wonders for vim.
- akamaka 16y agoThanks for the tip, I just remapped it to control like on the old Sun keyboards. I wish I knew about this sooner!
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- djkivi 16y agoKeyTweak is how I do it on Windows: http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/ http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/
- ethyreal 16y agoEvery keyboard in my office has had it completey removed! For that very reason.