CAPS LOCK ... really?

[MyWorld]

I'm just stumped that we still have some archaic tech on our keyboards that we never ever seem to use, SysRq, ScrLk and of course, CAPS LOCK!

How many times has it happened that you accidentally hit the caps lock key and suddenly YOU HAVE TO RE-TYPE A COMPLETE SENTENCE because of this. Shift should be fine, right?

Hitting it by accident while gaming is also getting old fast!

Okay, end rant... here is what you need to do to disable it or map it to another key:

$ xmodmap -e "remove lock = Caps_Lock"

If you only want to disable it for the current session, or put this in your /etc/bash.bashrc to disable it permanently:

if [ "$PS1" ]; then
    # Disables the bloody CapsLock button
    xmodmap -e "remove lock = Caps_Lock"
    ...
 fi

But now you have a dead key, but fear not, you can map it to any action you would like, like for instance ****?

xmodmap -e "remove lock = Caps_Lock"
xmodmap -e "add shift = Caps_Lock"

There you go, no more HITTING THAT DARN KEY BY ACCIDENT!

 

[chickenbeef]

Fat fingers much?

 

[Voicy]

CapsLock is cruise control for awesomeness.

 

[alisiaoh]

i use caps lock a lot....i do lots of agreements and plus Office 2010 now has an option for you to highlight the part that you mistakenly typed in Caps and change it to small caps or each word to start with a capital etc.

 

[Creag]

My Logitech keyboard (office and home) has a setting to remove CAPS LOCK ... I have employed it

 

[shakes1]

i use caps lock a lot....i do lots of agreements and plus Office 2010 now has an option for you to highlight the part that you mistakenly typed in Caps and change it to small caps or each word to start with a capital etc.

Office 2007 has this feature also, Change Case. I'm not sure about 2003 though, haven't worked on it for a while.

 

[Grouter]

My Logitech keyboard (office and home) has a setting to remove CAPS LOCK ... I have employed it

I gave it a job too.

 

[Fudzy]

What happens if you push the Windows key & SysRq on a Linux system? In Windows it brings up the System properties, quite useful if you want to check the specs of the system/device manager.

 

[rorz0r]

I USE CAPS LOCK ALL THE TIME. SYSRQ I DONT THINK DOES ANYTHING IN WINDOWS.

 

[MyWorld]

What happens if you push the Windows key & SysRq on a Linux system? In Windows it brings up the System properties, quite useful if you want to check the specs of the system/device manager.

Nothing.

There is a "hack" to get SysRq to be a rescue key should your PC freeze or keyboard freeze, but you need specific kernel support for this (most kernels do not have this support, so you need to compile your own) and I have never had luck with it.

 

[Kasyx]

Personally, I have found it much more economical to bind Control to the Caps Lock key. This is especially true when running RatPoison under Arch Linux.

 

[porchrat]

The OP clearly doesn't use Excel a lot.

 

[MyWorld]

i do lots of agreements and plus Office 2010

Office 2007 has this feature also,

The OP clearly doesn't use Excel a lot.

People in here assume I use Windows....

And no, I do not use all the functions in OOcalc a lot.

 

[Kasyx]

You guys realize this is the Linux section, right?

 

[SmartKit]

You guys realize this is the Linux section, right?

Huh? Did you read the OP?

 

[AstroTurf]

CapsLock is cruise control for awesomeness.

ROFL!

Should have done that in caps

 

[Kasyx]

Huh? Did you read the OP?

My comment wasn't directed at the OP, but rather people bitching about needing to use the CAPS LOCK key for Microsoft Office.

 

[Fudzy]

I thought you could get a virtual copy of MS Office running in Linux?

 

[MyWorld]

I thought you could get a virtual copy of MS Office running in Linux?

*SPIT*

/me gives Fudzy the evil eye....

 

[Fudzy]

*SPIT*

/me gives Fudzy the evil eye....

LOL! Are you that much of a *nix fanboy that you'd rather use OpenOffice than MS Office?