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> caps lock should be eliminated everywhere Caps Lock can be a useful feature. e.g. developers may want to type CONSTANTS_LIKE_THIS; and it's useful to be able

> caps lock should be eliminated everywhere Caps Lock can be a useful feature. e.g. developers may want to type CONSTANTS_LIKE_THIS; and it's useful to be able to have a "shifted mode" which avoids the need for either alternating shift keys, or holding shift key with a pinky finger. I saw a feature "Caps Word", which automatically returns to the unshifted state as soon as a non-letter key (like space) was pressed. That seems a good idea. That said, yeah, Caps Lock isn't so useful that it's worth putting where it is on typical keyboards.

orthoxerox 3y ago
You still need to press Shift to type the underscores, unless the editor is smart enough to recognize you're in CONSTANT_TYPING_MODE.
- rgoulter 3y ago
  With CapsLock? Yeah. Though, with using fancy keyboard-remapping software, then "dashes as underscores" can be done automatically. e.g. QMK does it with: https://docs.qmk.fm/#/feature_caps_word https://docs.qmk.fm/#/feature_caps_word
bbor 3y ago
Shoutout to vim - select the text then shift+U. Especially nice cause you can use multi select to do it in many places at once. I bet eMacs can’t do that ;)
- ngai_aku 3y ago
  Careful now —- probably even easier with emacs! https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Case.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Ca... (Though I use emacs with vim keybindings — evil mode — so I do the same as you)
  - bbor 3y ago
    Very glad you responded kindly, I realized after I posted that that the sarcasm might not be clear. I feel like we’re two soldiers from some long forgotten war, finally shaking hands… ;)
deathanatos 3y ago
Someone always objects to the removal of caps lock with this complaint on these threads. Two-shift caps lock is a feature whereby tapping both shift keys, simultaneously, toggles caps lock. You don't need the caps lock key, and its place on the home row is absurd.
- MSFT_Edging 3y ago
  I did the two-shift mapping on my old chromebook and it was very useful. I didn't want to lose the caps-lock as super functionality.
- rgoulter 3y ago
  Ah, I'm not saying Caps Lock key is in a good spot. I'm just saying that CapsLock is sometimes a useful mode to use. -- e.g. as you say, if you can activate it some other way, it can still be useful; and there are other features which are similar and useful. I do think "replace caps lock with ctrl" isn't the best, though. -- Especially if you've got a mind for staying on home row, then I'd instead suggest putting the modifiers Shift/Ctrl/Gui/Alt as tap-hold keys underneath the home row keys.
mrandish 3y ago
> Caps Lock can be a useful feature. Being a Windows user I have an AHK script I run on every PC I work on regularly. It remaps Caps Lock into a special modifier key but does so in a conditionally timed way which keeps Caps Lock working as it normally does as an on/off toggle - but only when pressed and released by itself. If I use Caps Lock like a modifier key by holding it down and hitting another key simultaneously then Caps Lock works like a modifier - which I use to remap other home row keys like arrows etc. This works transparently while giving me another very useful modifier key right on the home row without giving anything up. It's especially useful on laptops where I don't have extra modifier keys like my custom desktop keyboards but I now use it everywhere. Here's the relevant chunk of AHK script: CapsLock:: KeyWait, CapsLock ; wait for Capslock to be released KeyWait, CapsLock, D T0.2 ; and pressed again within 0.2 seconds if ErrorLevel return else if (A_PriorKey = "CapsLock") SetCapsLockState, % GetKeyState("CapsLock","T") ? "Off" : "On" return *CapsLock:: return #If, GetKeyState("CapsLock", "P") ;Your CapsLock hotkeys go below i::Send {Up} j::Send {Left} k::Send {Down} l::Send {Right} m::Send {End} u::Send {Home} y::Send {PgUp} n::Send {PgDn} h::Send {BS} `;::Send {Delete} -::Send {–} ; Alt+Minus = En dash =::Send {—} ; Shift+Alt+Minus = Em dash a::^a Space::Enter q::PrintScreen r::F5 s::Browser_Back d::Browser_Forward Capslock & LButton::WindowMouseDragMove() Capslock & RButton::WindowMouseDragResize()

orthoxerox 3y ago

You still need to press Shift to type the underscores, unless the editor is smart enough to recognize you're in CONSTANT_TYPING_MODE.

rgoulter 3y ago
With CapsLock? Yeah. Though, with using fancy keyboard-remapping software, then "dashes as underscores" can be done automatically. e.g. QMK does it with: https://docs.qmk.fm/#/feature_caps_word https://docs.qmk.fm/#/feature_caps_word

bbor 3y ago

Shoutout to vim - select the text then shift+U. Especially nice cause you can use multi select to do it in many places at once. I bet eMacs can’t do that ;)

ngai_aku 3y ago
Careful now —- probably even easier with emacs! https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Case.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Ca... (Though I use emacs with vim keybindings — evil mode — so I do the same as you)
- bbor 3y ago
  Very glad you responded kindly, I realized after I posted that that the sarcasm might not be clear. I feel like we’re two soldiers from some long forgotten war, finally shaking hands… ;)

deathanatos 3y ago

Someone always objects to the removal of caps lock with this complaint on these threads. Two-shift caps lock is a feature whereby tapping both shift keys, simultaneously, toggles caps lock. You don't need the caps lock key, and its place on the home row is absurd.

MSFT_Edging 3y ago
I did the two-shift mapping on my old chromebook and it was very useful. I didn't want to lose the caps-lock as super functionality.
rgoulter 3y ago
Ah, I'm not saying Caps Lock key is in a good spot. I'm just saying that CapsLock is sometimes a useful mode to use. -- e.g. as you say, if you can activate it some other way, it can still be useful; and there are other features which are similar and useful. I do think "replace caps lock with ctrl" isn't the best, though. -- Especially if you've got a mind for staying on home row, then I'd instead suggest putting the modifiers Shift/Ctrl/Gui/Alt as tap-hold keys underneath the home row keys.

mrandish 3y ago

> Caps Lock can be a useful feature. Being a Windows user I have an AHK script I run on every PC I work on regularly. It remaps Caps Lock into a special modifier key but does so in a conditionally timed way which keeps Caps Lock working as it normally does as an on/off toggle - but only when pressed and released by itself. If I use Caps Lock like a modifier key by holding it down and hitting another key simultaneously then Caps Lock works like a modifier - which I use to remap other home row keys like arrows etc. This works transparently while giving me another very useful modifier key right on the home row without giving anything up. It's especially useful on laptops where I don't have extra modifier keys like my custom desktop keyboards but I now use it everywhere. Here's the relevant chunk of AHK script: CapsLock:: KeyWait, CapsLock ; wait for Capslock to be released KeyWait, CapsLock, D T0.2 ; and pressed again within 0.2 seconds if ErrorLevel return else if (A_PriorKey = "CapsLock") SetCapsLockState, % GetKeyState("CapsLock","T") ? "Off" : "On" return *CapsLock:: return #If, GetKeyState("CapsLock", "P") ;Your CapsLock hotkeys go below i::Send {Up} j::Send {Left} k::Send {Down} l::Send {Right} m::Send {End} u::Send {Home} y::Send {PgUp} n::Send {PgDn} h::Send {BS} `;::Send {Delete} -::Send {–} ; Alt+Minus = En dash =::Send {—} ; Shift+Alt+Minus = Em dash a::^a Space::Enter q::PrintScreen r::F5 s::Browser_Back d::Browser_Forward Capslock & LButton::WindowMouseDragMove() Capslock & RButton::WindowMouseDragResize()