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I've always changed caps lock to be ctrl. Since it's always by the 'A' key I find it easy to find. The downside is that I'm always frustrated when I have to us
by papercrane 14y ago
I've always changed caps lock to be ctrl. Since it's always by the 'A' key I find it easy to find.
The downside is that I'm always frustrated when I have to use someone else's computer and I'm toggle caps all the time.
- johndcook 14y agoI do that too. I use the caps lock for control when I have my left hand on the keyboard and my right hand on the mouse, e.g. selecting with the mouse, then C-c to copy etc. But when I have both hands on the keyboard, it feels better to use the left control key, maybe because it's more symmetric with my right hand.
- lflux 14y agoFor me, using left-Ctrl hurts so much after using Caps as Ctrl I never ever use it, except for the Ctrl-Alt chord for releasing the mouse pointer in VMware.
- exDM69 14y agoIf you're a Vim user, you might want to make your caps lock an additional escape instead. It works like a charm and I've never looked back. Although sometimes I accidentally write in ALL CAPS when I'm on someone else's keyboard.
- finnw 14y agoI find backspace works just as well and can be remapped in Vim itself (unlike caps lock which must be remapped in the driver, affecting all apps.)
- exDM69 14y agoCaps lock as escape is surprisingly convenient in other apps than Vim too. I thought I'd run into trouble, but in fact it's very nice.