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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Klipper [ was Re: Icon improvements. ]
From:       Sergej Malinovski <sergej () nospam ! dk>
Date:       2001-03-11 19:58:36
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Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Um, I'm lost... how do I do that, and how will it help? Are you talking
> about *physically* swapping the keys?

No, not physically, of course :) Just switch the functions the keys execute. 
How will this help? Well, as this is only a suggestion for the left little 
finger, the finger is normally located at letter A. Caps Lock is right next 
to it, but with Ctrl you have to reach down and left. Big differense if you 
have large buttons like on Microsoft Natural keyboards. You could also make 
both buttons act like Ctrl if you never use Caps Lock.

To swap add following to XF86Config in Section "InputDevice":
	Option "XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"

How to replace Caps Lock with Ctrl I cannot remember, but somethings very 
similar has to be applied. I cannot remember where I read the info -- that's 
why I cannot find it.

If you want to get these resaults on a machine where you don't the root 
access, you can in theory use 'xmodmap'. However, I have experianced some 
problems with that approach at my university (sometimes Ctrl became Ctrl Lock 
:)).


-- 
Sergej Malinovski [http://dreamer.nitro.dk]

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