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FREE FROM THE TYRANY OF THE CAPS LOCK!!!!!!!!

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  • B Brisingr Aerowing

    The context key? (I just pulled that one out of left field.)

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    SoMad
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    That works for me. I don't know of any official name, but I am sure someone will tell me to go and Google that :-D Soren Madsen

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    • E Espen Harlinn

      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 ;)

      Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

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      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:

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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
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        Colin Mullikin wrote:

        I don't think its that difficult...

        I would guess impossible pretty much describes it ... ;)

        Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

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        • realJSOPR realJSOP

          I code in binary, so I've removed all the keys except the numeric key pad, backspace, and enter.

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          Slacker007
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          :laugh: That was funny. I laughed.

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          • S SoMad

            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

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            SoMad wrote:

            remove the three Windows keys

            I use a keyboard that doesn't have them.

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            • V Vasily Tserekh

              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.

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              PIEBALDconsult
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              I always felt that a thumb tack should be glued to it (pointy end up of course).

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              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                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, 1997

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                Vivi Chellappa
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                I 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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                • V Vasily Tserekh

                  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.

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                  Mark_Wallace
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                  What's a key? <googles> Oh, apple and MS say we don't need them, so why have you got any at all?

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  • E Espen Harlinn

                    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.

                    Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

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                    Sander Rossel
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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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                    • S SoMad

                      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

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                      Rage
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                      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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                      • S SoMad

                        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

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                        Anthony Appleyard
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                        > ... 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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                        • L lewax00

                          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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                          jsc42
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                          I call it the stub key because it looks like the end of a cigarette with the ash just about to fall off.

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                          • V Vasily Tserekh

                            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.

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                            jsc42
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                            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.

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                            • L Lost User

                              Why aren't you using a neural interface like the rest of us?

                              Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Please stand in front of my pistol, smile and wait for the flash - JSOP 2012

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                              Gary Wheeler
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                              When I first read your post, I thought it said "neutered".

                              Software Zen: delete this;

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                              • E Espen Harlinn

                                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 ;)

                                Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

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                                Gary Wheeler
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                                What moron thought it was a good idea to remove the Insert key?

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                • J jsc42

                                  I call it the stub key because it looks like the end of a cigarette with the ash just about to fall off.

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                                  Sentenryu
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                                  I really can't see how you think this[^] looks like a cigarrete '-'

                                  I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)

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                                    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.

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                                    Sentenryu
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                                    you know that word has it right? even word 6... and it's right in the menu bar... (in the ribbon it's less easy to find, but it's there...)

                                    I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)

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                                    • G Gary Wheeler

                                      What moron thought it was a good idea to remove the Insert key?

                                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                                      Espen Harlinn
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                                      One who probably doesn't spend most of his day writing code, and doesn't have CUA[^] tacked on to to his neural system. So maybe I'm just showing my age ;)

                                      Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

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                                      • L lewax00

                                        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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                                        BobJanova
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                                        I call it the 'right mouse menu key'. I think its official name is the 'menu key', but that's not very descriptive.

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                                        • V Vasily Tserekh

                                          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.

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                                          Stingrae789
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                                          I have it as backspace...following the intended colemak layout. Kinda need a programmer version of colemak {[}] are in default positions which just feels inefficient...

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