FREE FROM THE TYRANY OF THE CAPS LOCK!!!!!!!!
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Recently in a post here someone adviced me to remove that key from my keyboard, and I did it I have been almost a month without that key and I tell you that we dont need that key at all. No more pressing accidentally that key when formating your code or when pressing shift key. give it a try you wont regret.
Being this a programming forum I can't unerstand why haven't you created a small app that would allow you to deactivate the caps key. then, depending on your needs you could activate or deactivate the normal behavior.
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Three? I've never seen more than two :doh: but my home PC's keyboard has a mode that disables those keys (primarily intended to prevent you from accidentally minimizing a full screen game by hitting them).
Well, two of them are identical and bring up the Start Menu. The third is next to the right CTRL key and brings up a context menu (similar to right-clicking with the mouse). I consider the 3rd a Windows key because they were all introduced at the same time. Soren Madsen
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Being this a programming forum I can't unerstand why haven't you created a small app that would allow you to deactivate the caps key. then, depending on your needs you could activate or deactivate the normal behavior.
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Well, two of them are identical and bring up the Start Menu. The third is next to the right CTRL key and brings up a context menu (similar to right-clicking with the mouse). I consider the 3rd a Windows key because they were all introduced at the same time. Soren Madsen
I see. I forget about that one, I've never used it, never noticeably hit it on accident...and in fact the keyboard I'm on right now doesn't even have it. Guess keyboard makers have realized that many people feel the same way about it I guess...(your comment brings up a good point: does it even have a common name? :doh: )
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It does have the keys in the right positions - now take a close look at this[^] and tell me how to press the insert key. Then try to figure out how to press Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert ;)
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I see. I forget about that one, I've never used it, never noticeably hit it on accident...and in fact the keyboard I'm on right now doesn't even have it. Guess keyboard makers have realized that many people feel the same way about it I guess...(your comment brings up a good point: does it even have a common name? :doh: )
The context key? (I just pulled that one out of left field.)
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The context key? (I just pulled that one out of left field.)
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It does have the keys in the right positions - now take a close look at this[^] and tell me how to press the insert key. Then try to figure out how to press Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert ;)
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Espen Harlinn wrote:
tell me how to press the insert key. Then try to figure out how to press Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert
While the setup is definitely weird, I don't think its that difficult... :doh:
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Espen Harlinn wrote:
tell me how to press the insert key. Then try to figure out how to press Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert
While the setup is definitely weird, I don't think its that difficult... :doh:
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
Colin Mullikin wrote:
I don't think its that difficult...
I would guess impossible pretty much describes it ... ;)
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I code in binary, so I've removed all the keys except the numeric key pad, backspace, and enter.
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Hmmm, I never actually thought about how little I use the Caps Lock key. I used to remove the three Windows keys because accidentally hitting them is a real pain in the neck and I rarely use them anyway. Soren Madsen
SoMad wrote:
remove the three Windows keys
I use a keyboard that doesn't have them.
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Recently in a post here someone adviced me to remove that key from my keyboard, and I did it I have been almost a month without that key and I tell you that we dont need that key at all. No more pressing accidentally that key when formating your code or when pressing shift key. give it a try you wont regret.
I always felt that a thumb tack should be glued to it (pointy end up of course).
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I code in binary, so I've removed all the keys except the numeric key pad, backspace, and enter.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997I too code in binary so I realized I just needed the 0 and the 1 on the numeric keypad, so everything else went. My typing skills are as perfect as my coding skills are so I don't need the backspace key either. Just the Enter key.
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Recently in a post here someone adviced me to remove that key from my keyboard, and I did it I have been almost a month without that key and I tell you that we dont need that key at all. No more pressing accidentally that key when formating your code or when pressing shift key. give it a try you wont regret.
What's a key? <googles> Oh, apple and MS say we don't need them, so why have you got any at all?
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I bought this[^] when ms first started to make them, then after a couple of years, several of the keys (Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up/Down, and the arror keys) started to become somewhat unresponsive. So I bought this[^], which drove me nearly insane - I even started to use Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V. Now I use this[^], and once more I'm able to type while holding the phone with my left hand.
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I got something like this[^] probably since my first computer somewhere in the late 90's. I've cleaned the whole thing only a few months ago and it still looks shiny and works fine :D Sometimes (like a few days every couple of months?) the space key becomes a bit unresponsive, but somehow that always fixes itself... No fancy curved keyboards for me, just plain and simple and working ;)
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Hmmm, I never actually thought about how little I use the Caps Lock key. I used to remove the three Windows keys because accidentally hitting them is a real pain in the neck and I rarely use them anyway. Soren Madsen
I use them very frequently: WinKey + D for the desktop WinKey + L for locking my PC WinKey + Shift + Left or Right to move windows across screens Winkey + Tab because it looks cool :)
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Hmmm, I never actually thought about how little I use the Caps Lock key. I used to remove the three Windows keys because accidentally hitting them is a real pain in the neck and I rarely use them anyway. Soren Madsen
> ... I used to remove the three Windows keys because accidentally hitting them > is a real pain in the neck and I rarely use them anyway. Soren Madsen I wrote an application called Typecase, which is like Character Map but with a much bigger and clearer display, and it uses the Windows menu key to select between the 256 levels of the Unicode character set.
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I see. I forget about that one, I've never used it, never noticeably hit it on accident...and in fact the keyboard I'm on right now doesn't even have it. Guess keyboard makers have realized that many people feel the same way about it I guess...(your comment brings up a good point: does it even have a common name? :doh: )
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Recently in a post here someone adviced me to remove that key from my keyboard, and I did it I have been almost a month without that key and I tell you that we dont need that key at all. No more pressing accidentally that key when formating your code or when pressing shift key. give it a try you wont regret.
Why don't 'modern' Word Processors (and editors) have a Change Case command to flip text written with Caps Lock on? Many still have a Change To Uppercase / Change To Lowercase command. The last Word Processor that I used that had a Change Case command out-of-the-box was TASWORD (pre PC days). I did write a macro for it when I had Word 6 (Office 97), but haven't bother recreating it for later versions of Word.
