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Jim's query about SuSE/KDE has reminded of a problem that frustrated me
when I first installed it - and it still frustrates me! How do I
configure the Shift key in SuSE/KDE to behave 'sensibly', i.e. as I want
it?
On my old IBM ThinkPad/RedHat/Gnome system, the Shift key when held down
would always produce capitals with letter keys, regardless of the status
of Caps Lock. This setting could be locked on (for letters only) by
hitting Caps Lock. This is similar to the way the old mechanical
keyboards worked, where the Shift Lock key was just a mechanical device
for locking down the Shift key (hence it affected all keys, not just
letters).
Now with HP/SuSE/KDE what happens is that the Shift key reverses the
action of Caps Lock for letters (i.e. logical NEQV instead of logical
OR), so I'm forced to perform a slightly more difficult logic
computation in my head every time I need caps, which I've never gotten
used to. I know it sounds trivial but it really slows you down when
you're touch-typing if you're used to the way a conventional typewriter
keyboard works, so this is a real issue of ergonomics.
So what used to happen with RedHat was:
Caps Lock: off on
-------------------
Shift: up | a A
down | A A
Now what happens with SuSE is:
Caps Lock: off on
-------------------
Shift: up | a A
down | A a
Just to confuse things, apparently MS Windows with German keyboards
works differently again: unlike standard English keyboards where you
have to hit Caps Lock again to cancel it, you have to hit Shift to
cancel Caps Lock! (like a typewriter where pressing Shift unlocked Shift
Lock).
So the question to all you Unix gurus boils down to: in SuSE/KDE how do
I configure the 'Shift down' / 'Caps Lock on' combination to always
produce capital letters? I've already tried every combination I can
think of in the system & KDE keyboard modifier mappings without success!
-- Ian
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