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If Windows is a good GUI, how do I reliably swap caps lock and control?

by chr 6y ago

cbpowell 6y ago
Assuming you really want to know, try SharpKeys.
- profsnuggles 6y ago
  https://sharpkeys.en.softonic.com/ https://sharpkeys.en.softonic.com/ looks so scammy, and I have ublock turned on... I can only imagine how it must look without that. I'm sure it's fine but why do all windows tool s always get hosted on the most scam looking websites? When I'm stuck on windows I use https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/ctrl2cap https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/ctrl... Of course adding setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps to ~/.xinitrc seems way easier to me. But I'm probably in the minority.
  - naavis 6y ago
    That Softonic site is probably totally unrelated to the original developer. This is the legit site: https://www.randyrants.com/software/ https://www.randyrants.com/software/ It's also on GitHub: https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys
    - profsnuggles 6y ago
      That is way better. Annoying that it wasn't in the first few search results for me.
braho 6y ago
AutoHotkey seems to work for me
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waych 6y ago
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys has reliable key remapping. Also has decent window tiling.
- chr 6y ago
  Swapping left control and caps lock disturbs AltGr, which appears to be a synthesis of left control and right alt.
  - waych 6y ago
    I see what you mean. I truthfully don't usually swap and instead leave ctrl-left as is and just re-assign capslock elsewhere (e.g. win-right, or another chord) as the habit of which key to hit for ctrl is hard for me to break. AltGr at least still works in this setup.
    - chr 6y ago
      Ah. I just left the physical control key alone, and thus have no caps lock key at all. Seems some applications grab the keypresses at a lower level than where PowerToys changes it, so sometimes caps lock is activated when my intention is to hold control. Was screensharing with a react native hotshot yesterday, and felt my perceived age doubled to 102 as I suddenly was yelling in all caps, with no quick exit.

If Windows is a good GUI, how do I reliably swap caps lock and control?

by chr 6y ago

If Windows is a good GUI, how do I reliably swap caps lock and control?

cbpowell 6y ago

Assuming you really want to know, try SharpKeys.

profsnuggles 6y ago
https://sharpkeys.en.softonic.com/ https://sharpkeys.en.softonic.com/ looks so scammy, and I have ublock turned on... I can only imagine how it must look without that. I'm sure it's fine but why do all windows tool s always get hosted on the most scam looking websites? When I'm stuck on windows I use https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/ctrl2cap https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/ctrl... Of course adding setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps to ~/.xinitrc seems way easier to me. But I'm probably in the minority.
- naavis 6y ago
  That Softonic site is probably totally unrelated to the original developer. This is the legit site: https://www.randyrants.com/software/ https://www.randyrants.com/software/ It's also on GitHub: https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys
  - profsnuggles 6y ago
    That is way better. Annoying that it wasn't in the first few search results for me.

braho 6y ago

AutoHotkey seems to work for me

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waych 6y ago

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys has reliable key remapping. Also has decent window tiling.

chr 6y ago
Swapping left control and caps lock disturbs AltGr, which appears to be a synthesis of left control and right alt.
- waych 6y ago
  I see what you mean. I truthfully don't usually swap and instead leave ctrl-left as is and just re-assign capslock elsewhere (e.g. win-right, or another chord) as the habit of which key to hit for ctrl is hard for me to break. AltGr at least still works in this setup.
  - chr 6y ago
    Ah. I just left the physical control key alone, and thus have no caps lock key at all. Seems some applications grab the keypresses at a lower level than where PowerToys changes it, so sometimes caps lock is activated when my intention is to hold control. Was screensharing with a react native hotshot yesterday, and felt my perceived age doubled to 102 as I suddenly was yelling in all caps, with no quick exit.