Comments on: Remapping the Caps Lock Key http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:40:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-10275 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:03:33 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-10275 @<a href="#comment-10274" rel="nofollow">Michelle</a>: try <a href="http://www.usnetizen.com/fix_capslock.php" rel="nofollow">this link</a> - it seems to have several good solutions (including a GUI app you can just download and install). @Michelle: try this link - it seems to have several good solutions (including a GUI app you can just download and install).

]]> by: Michelle http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-10274 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:25:05 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-10274 I know this is @n old topic hopefully someone c@n help me out.. @s you c@n see my @ key is ret@rded, luckily I c@n substitute it. Im wondering if someone could w@lk me through how to ch@nge my @ key to my C@pslock key on Windows XP :x @ny help would be @ppreci@ted ty I know this is @n old topic hopefully someone c@n help me out.. @s you c@n see my @ key is ret@rded, luckily I c@n substitute it. Im wondering if someone could w@lk me through how to ch@nge my @ key to my C@pslock key on Windows XP x @ny help would be @ppreci@ted ty

]]> by: James http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-8303 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:06:49 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-8303 Holy crap, thanks for posting this. I've been trying to find a solution for about 6 months now and this is the first solution I could get working. You rock. Holy crap, thanks for posting this. I’ve been trying to find a solution for about 6 months now and this is the first solution I could get working. You rock.

]]> by: Ian http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-7354 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:55:51 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-7354 I successfully remapped Caps_Lock to Shift using the following commands in the terminal: <code>xmodmap -e "remove Lock = Caps_Lock" xmodmap -e "add Shift = Caps_Lock"</code> You can put the lines between the quotes in your .Xmodmap file to get the same functionality every time you startup, this solution is good for testing it out, as it is gone when you relogin. I successfully remapped Caps_Lock to Shift using the following commands in the terminal:
xmodmap -e "remove Lock = Caps_Lock"
xmodmap -e "add Shift = Caps_Lock"
You can put the lines between the quotes in your .Xmodmap file to get the same functionality every time you startup, this solution is good for testing it out, as it is gone when you relogin.

]]> by: sanjeev http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-7277 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:27:57 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-7277 I tried to remap the control key to "apostrophe" like this xmodmap -e "remove Control = Control_R" xmodmap -e "keycode 48 = Control_R" xmodmap -e 'add Control = Control_R' xmodmap -e "keycode 109 = apostrophe quotedbl" xmodmap -p shows control Control_L (0x25), Control_L (0x42), Control_R (0x30), apostrophe (0x6d) I thought I just removed Control_R. apostrophe entry is fine, why did I get Control_R(0x30) again ? any ideas ? I tried to remap the control key to “apostrophe” like this

xmodmap -e “remove Control = Control_R”
xmodmap -e “keycode 48 = Control_R”
xmodmap -e ‘add Control = Control_R’

xmodmap -e “keycode 109 = apostrophe quotedbl”

xmodmap -p shows

control Control_L (0×25), Control_L (0×42), Control_R (0×30), apostrophe (0×6d)
I thought I just removed Control_R. apostrophe entry is fine, why did I get
Control_R(0×30) again ? any ideas ?

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-6361 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:07:03 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-6361 The remove lock command should actually do it. Make sure you spelled it correctly. :) The remove lock command should actually do it. Make sure you spelled it correctly. )

]]> by: Tom http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-6360 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:22:36 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-6360 hey man, sweet post. quick question. I changed it in unix, but now when I press "Caps Lock" (which is Control) it doesn't come out of "Control" unless I press it again. This is annoying in its own right. Do you know how to stop that behavior? hey man, sweet post. quick question. I changed it in unix, but now when I press “Caps Lock” (which is Control) it doesn’t come out of “Control” unless I press it again. This is annoying in its own right. Do you know how to stop that behavior?

]]> by: Albert http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-6227 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:47:17 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-6227 Frickhen great! Frickhen great!

]]> by: Jeff http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-6082 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:25:32 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-6082 shucks, I was expecting an 'imap' sequence, given that you were talking about vim. What if I have my caps lock remapped in the rest of X for something else already? tough luck? I've got mine remapped to Control. Seems like there is no way to specify the Control key by itself with 'imap'.... shucks, I was expecting an ‘imap’ sequence, given that you were talking about vim. What if I have my caps lock remapped in the rest of X for something else already? tough luck?

I’ve got mine remapped to Control. Seems like there is no way to specify the Control key by itself with ‘imap’….

]]> by: Matt` http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-5694 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:53:19 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/02/remapping-the-caps-lock-key/#comment-5694 I hit that bastard caps lock key by accident all the time, I'm now thinking about remapping it to a null setting so I can't wreak so much upper case-ical havoc on myself. I don't really have any other key I'd want to put there, maybe a second A key so when I for A and get caps instead I still type what I intended to I hit that bastard caps lock key by accident all the time, I’m now thinking about remapping it to a null setting so I can’t wreak so much upper case-ical havoc on myself.

I don’t really have any other key I’d want to put there, maybe a second A key so when I for A and get caps instead I still type what I intended to

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