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Ctrl2cap is always one of the first things I install on a new machine!
by pzone 4y ago
Ctrl2cap is always one of the first things I install on a new machine!
- nverno 4y agoCapsLock being so useless, but conveniently placed turns out to be a feature. I used to bind it to ctrl, but now use it as the root key for all my personal keymaps (remapping it to F2).
- wnolens 4y agoSame. Caps lock is such a dumb key, I don't even rebind it. So I have 3 CTRLs.
- rgoulter 4y ago> Caps lock is such a dumb key It's convenient to have a mode for typing in caps for stuff like "MAX_NUM_WORKERS". -- Especially if you're using Shift on the opposite hand from the letters you're typing, rather than just stretching to hold down shift the entire time. But, the standard keyboard design isn't a very practical one. -- I think Caps Lock is better placed behind a Fn key, in the same way that "brightness up/down" is behind a Fn key on most laptops.
- wnolens 4y agoIf I wanted to be clever, I'd use software to detect a quick double-tap of shift to be caps lock. Nowadays I have convenient access to it via a mod-key on a programmable keyboard, but still don't use it. Holding shift seems to feel totally fine for my hand geometry, it's the extra distance to CTRL for my pinky (without shifting my forearm down) that gives me wrist pain.
- rgoulter 4y agoWith a programmable keyboard & a desire to avoid using the pinky finger with Ctrl, I'd suggest taking a look at home-row modifiers
- adrian_b 4y agoOne of the standard X Window xkb options is to obtain CapsLock by pressing both shift keys, freeing the original CapsLock key for other uses.