On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:01:57 -0400
Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 6/28/19 7:57 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> > .
> > You're right, that would be a better location for "Tab." I'll try
> > that ...
> .
> I /tried replacing NoSymbol with Tab. Oddly the result was a caps
> lock that toggled on and off, almos
On 30Jun2019 13:01, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 6/28/19 7:57 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
You're right, that would be a better location for "Tab." I'll try
that ...
.
I /tried replacing NoSymbol with Tab. Oddly the result was a caps lock
that toggled on and off, almost as bad as Caps Lock. There must be
On 6/28/19 7:57 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
.
You're right, that would be a better location for "Tab." I'll try
that ...
.
I /tried replacing NoSymbol with Tab. Oddly the result was a caps lock
that toggled on and off, almost as bad as Caps Lock. There must be
something in the code I don't unde
On Sat, 2019-06-29 at 23:32 -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Many thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, the opSys I am on doesn't
> have the "audio feedback". And, yes, I am on MATE.
I have CentOS 7 on another PC, running MATE, and the option I
previously mentioned is available, in the same place,
On 6/29/19 9:54 PM, Tim via users wrote:
Tim:
There used to be, and may still be, a feature that beeped when the
caps lock was pressed. At least you got an early warning, that
way, if you accidentally pressed it.
Paul Allen Newell
Would be nice to know what that "beep" function was/is rath
Tim:
>> There used to be, and may still be, a feature that beeped when the
>> caps lock was pressed. At least you got an early warning, that
>> way, if you accidentally pressed it.
Paul Allen Newell
> Would be nice to know what that "beep" function was/is rather than
> using xmodmap.
Just pokin
On 6/28/19 5:15 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Fri, 2019-06-28 at 16:46 -0700, stan via users wrote:
I find myself missing the tab key and hitting the caps lock key
pretty regularly
There used to be, and may still be, a feature that beeped when the caps
lock was pressed. At least you got an ear
On Fri, 2019-06-28 at 16:46 -0700, stan via users wrote:
> I find myself missing the tab key and hitting the caps lock key
> pretty regularly
There used to be, and may still be, a feature that beeped when the caps
lock was pressed. At least you got an early warning, that way, if you
accidentally
On Fri, 2019-06-28 at 13:25 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> I have been know to pry off the cap over the key. A bit drastic, but
> it works.
I know someone who inserted some dry spaghetti in the space under the
keycap, so it couldn't be pressed down.
Effective, and undoable.
On Fri, 2019-06-28 at 12:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> What can I use instead of "Shift_L" to make it simply do nothing?
Which desktop do you use?
On Gnome/Mate there's a keyboard preference GUI configurator, in the
Layouts tab, click on the Options button, then find the Caps Lock
behaviour sect
On 6/28/19 7:46 PM, stan via users wrote:
No kidding. You've inspired me to look at what I could change that key
to. I rarely use it, and I'm thinking of altering it to another tab,
since I use tab completion a lot because it saves me so much typing,
and I find myself missing the tab key and
On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:43:55 -0400
Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Yes I found that does it and is a lot better than inadvertently
> trying to enter a password in all caps.
No kidding. You've inspired me to look at what I could change that key
to. I rarely use it, and I'm thinking of altering it to anoth
On 28Jun2019 14:26, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I found a solution, /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=NoSymbol' renders
the Caps Lock key inoperative, it seems to do nothing at all.
I use:
clear lock
add control = Caps_Lock
to turn in into an additional control key.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson
On 6/28/19 4:25 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
If you are using qemu-kvm, sometimes the Windows machines
will figure out a way to turn the cap locks back on
your host machine. (I have been know to pry off the cap
over the key. A bit drastic, but it works.)
_
.
No, in this case no VM
On 6/28/19 11:43 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 6/28/19 2:31 PM, stan via users wrote:
I think using NoSymbol instead of Shift_L will do nothing if you want
that.
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Yes I found that does it and is a lot better than inadvertently trying
to enter a passw
On 6/28/19 2:31 PM, stan via users wrote:
I think using NoSymbol instead of Shift_L will do nothing if you want
that.
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Yes I found that does it and is a lot better than inadvertently trying
to enter a password in all caps.
Thanks.
--
Bob Goodwi
On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:24:25 -0400
Bob Goodwin wrote:
> J am a poor typist and usually disable Caps Lock in a script with:
> /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=Shift_L'
>
> That no longer works as it should in Fedora-30 for whatever reason,
> now it just locks Caps Loc
On 6/28/19 12:24 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
.
J am a poor typist and usually disable Caps Lock in a script with:
/usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=Shift_L'
That no longer works as it should in Fedora-30 for whatever reason,
now it just locks Caps Lock on and all I can get is caps unl
On 6/28/19 12:52 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
What desk GUI do you use?
.
I use XFCE, have used it for a number of years ...
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What desk GUI do you use?
On 6/28/19 12:24 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
.
J am a poor typist and usually disable Caps Lock in a script with:
/usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=Shift_L'
That no longer works as it should in Fedora-30 for whatever reason,
now it just locks Caps Lock on and
.
J am a poor typist and usually disable Caps Lock in a script with:
/usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=Shift_L'
That no longer works as it should in Fedora-30 for whatever reason, now
it just locks Caps Lock on and all I can get is caps unless I hold a
Shift key which is inconveni
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