take your turn on the catslock
Nov. 18th, 2009 11:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serynI was involved in a discussion about the lameness of capslock.
(There's no word from Lenovo on whether they're actually going to get rid of it on their laptops despite the announcement from June 28, 2009.)
This is the solution I use: http://michaeljaylissner.com/blog/remap-caps-lock-as-backspace
It's a registry hack, the text of the file is clearly visible, and I understand how to do registry merges. But the best part is because my computer does not think I am hitting capslock, it does not toggle the indicator light.
It's been a while and I still haven't trained myself to use that backspace key reliably, but at least I don't accidently start writing a Howler.
The funny thing though was when I was discussing something with a friend who then SHOUTED and later added, "I didn't even need catslock for that." She's got at least 15 cat names in active use (not sure how many cats that means she has, but maybe they seem myriad) so I suggested that she keep her door closed as that's more effective than catslock.
I know it was a typo. But I couldn't resist.
(There's no word from Lenovo on whether they're actually going to get rid of it on their laptops despite the announcement from June 28, 2009.)
This is the solution I use: http://michaeljaylissner.com/blog/remap-caps-lock-as-backspace
It's a registry hack, the text of the file is clearly visible, and I understand how to do registry merges. But the best part is because my computer does not think I am hitting capslock, it does not toggle the indicator light.
It's been a while and I still haven't trained myself to use that backspace key reliably, but at least I don't accidently start writing a Howler.
The funny thing though was when I was discussing something with a friend who then SHOUTED and later added, "I didn't even need catslock for that." She's got at least 15 cat names in active use (not sure how many cats that means she has, but maybe they seem myriad) so I suggested that she keep her door closed as that's more effective than catslock.
I know it was a typo. But I couldn't resist.
