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Re: caps lock keys



Yep. The scan codes are different on my setup, too.

Cheers!

Fredric Gross wrote:

Leslie -- At least on my machine, the right-side and left-side Ctrl keys have separate key codes; same for the two Alt keys. Consequently, remapping one does not automatically remap the other. I am allergic to Windows and cannot speak to that. Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Bialler" To: Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:45 PM Subject: Re: caps lock keys
What about the right-side ctrl and alt keys? Do they stay where they are?
Many years ago, I tweeked my Xy3+ .KBD file so that the CAPS LOCK key is Ctrl; the Ctrl key is Alt, and the Alt key is Caps Lock. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Bialler" To: Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Re File-specific display mode
Patrica wails:
Harry is so right about keyboard layout. Caps Lock next to A and right under Tab has to be the DUMBEST design decision ever made.
If you look at the design of a traditional typewriter keyboard, you will not fail to notice the same array of keys. If you want to talk about dumb design decisions, I would dial back 120 years or so to the design of the first typewriters. Far more vexatious than the position of the caps lock key is the position of the "a" key itself, which is, of course, struck with, typically, the weakest of the fingers. Anyhow, if you log into brainsystems.com, you will find freeware that disables the caps lock key, which of course, so many touch typists hit when they think they're hitting the tab key. Notes and asides: The Royal Standard typewriter of ca. 1955 had a tab key that was to the right of the spacebar. It was elongated vertically and could be struck with the right palm. (They had brown spackle finishes and the keys were green plastic, slightly indented to fit the fingers--an innovation then.) That has always struck me as the exemplar of "Good Design." -- Leslie Bialler, Columbia University Press lb136@xxxxxxxx 61 W. 62 St, NYC 10023 212-459-0600 X7109 (phone) 212-459-3677 (fax)
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-- Leslie Bialler, Columbia University Press lb136@xxxxxxxx 61 W. 62 St, NYC 10023 212-459-0600 X7109 (phone) 212-459-3677 (fax)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup
-- Leslie Bialler, Columbia University Press lb136@xxxxxxxx 61 W. 62 St, NYC 10023 212-459-0600 X7109 (phone) 212-459-3677 (fax)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup