[NCLUG] Re: Backspace

[Mike Loseke]

Thus spake Gabriel L Somlo:
> 
> 
> Heh... :) I like the one about the CapsLock key -- excellent idea ! No 
> more of that all-caps crap when I reach for shift or tab :) :)

 Some folks whose hands have been trained by certain Sun keyboards often
remap Caps_Lock to be another control key as well due to placement of keys
on those keyboards. I thought about making it do something else but found I
never hit it for anything so just turned it off.


> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Mike Loseke wrote:
> 
> >  I've had this in my ~/.xinitrc for years - it might help:
> > 
> > xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
> > xmodmap -e "keycode 107 = Delete"
> > xmodmap -e "keysym Caps_Lock ="
> > 
> >  Makes the Backspace key do a backspace, makes the delete key do a delete
> > and turns the caps lock key into a dead key. Very handy.

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