Jef Raskin's Humane Environment

Tracker: Bugs

5 Altering Caps Lock key affects other programs. - ID: 1187077

Last Update: Comment added ( tkaitchuck )

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In Linux specifically under KDE Archy's altering the function
of the caps lock key to be the same as a Meta Key affects
other programs, while Archy is running (Even if it does not
have the focus.) This can be annoying because if one does
have hot-keys assigned to the meta-key they get
activated when pressing caps-lock.

The solution to this could be one of two fold: make a
function that applies this change when Archy gets the
focus and undoes it when the focus leaves Archy. Or
preferably assign functions to the caps-lock key without
actually remapping it to another keystroke.

Submitted:

Tom Kaitchuck ( tkaitchuck ) - 2005-04-21 02:36

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Nobody/Anonymous

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Public

Comments ( 2 )

Date: 2005-04-21 02:53 Sender: tkaitchuck Logged In: YES user_id=710130 I have successfully changed the script to use the control keys instead of the caps-lock. To me, this makes a lot more sense than using caps-lock. The control key is on every keyboard in near the same place and is not currently used in Archy. It is reserved for application use on both windows and linux, and is generally not used for system wide hot-keys. Because this can eliminate all manor of side effects, does not involve rewriting the SDL, and it even makes more sense to explain to someone that the "Control" key is used to enter a command than the "Caps-Lock" key, I think this should be made the default.
Date: 2005-04-21 02:53 Sender: tkaitchuck Logged In: YES user_id=710130 I have successfully changed the script to use the control keys instead of the caps-lock. To me, this makes a lot more sense than using caps-lock. The control key is on every keyboard in near the same place and is not currently used in Archy. It is reserved for application use on both windows and linux, and is generally not used for system wide hot-keys. Because this can eliminate all manor of side effects, does not involve rewriting the SDL, and it even makes more sense to explain to someone that the "Control" key is used to enter a command than the "Caps-Lock" key, I think this should be made the default.

Date: 2005-04-21 02:53
Sender: tkaitchuck

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user_id=710130

I have successfully changed the script to use the control keys
instead of the caps-lock. To me, this makes a lot more sense
than using caps-lock.

The control key is on every keyboard in near the same place
and is not currently used in Archy. It is reserved for application
use on both windows and linux, and is generally not used for
system wide hot-keys. Because this can eliminate all manor of
side effects, does not involve rewriting the SDL, and it even
makes more sense to explain to someone that the "Control" key
is used to enter a command than the "Caps-Lock" key, I think
this should be made the default.

Date: 2005-04-21 02:53
Sender: tkaitchuck

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