Re: FVWM: Caps Lock as modifier

From: Louis LeBlanc <fvwm_at_keyslapper.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:24:18 -0500

On 11/29/04 08:04 AM, Jay Dobies sat at the `puter and typed:
> I've been using FVWM for about 3 months now, and have grown quite
> accustomed to my keyboard shortcuts. In particular, I use the Windows
> Key for a ton of different things; I don't like to tie up Ctrl or Alt
> because they are used a lot by other programs I use (for instance
> IntelliJ). But I wanted to use a more standard key than Windows, in
> case I'm on a laptop and don't have one available. I don't use the
> Caps Lock for it's actual purpose, so I wanted to disable it as far as
> capital letters is concerned and instead use it as a modifier. I think
> I have used it as a modifier before (I'd have to dig through backup
> copies of .fvwm2rc), but how can I disable it such that it won't make
> my letters capital?

I think that needs to happen in the X config. I'm using X.org on one
machine and XFree86 on another, and I am using the following line in
my keyboard sections for both:

        Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"

HTH
Lou
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Received on Mon Nov 29 2004 - 07:24:51 GMT

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