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| + | #REDIRECT [[Map caps lock to escape in Windows]] |
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| − | |created=October 29, 2002 |
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| − | |author=Jacques Petit |
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| − | This will allow you to use the caps-lock key as a control key. Makes using vim in win32 much nicer in my opinion. |
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| − | Place the following text into a text file with the extension *.reg and update your registry by double-clicking the file: |
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| − | <pre> |
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| − | REGEDIT4 |
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| − | [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] |
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| − | "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00 |
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| − | </pre> |
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| − | ====How to create an undo registry file==== |
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| − | Place the following into a file called "un-caps2ctrl.reg": |
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| − | <pre> |
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| − | REGEDIT4 |
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| − | [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] |
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| − | </pre> |
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| − | This will allow you to reverse the change by invoking the registry script. Alternatively, you can simply delete the key using the registry editor. |
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| − | Note that you will probably need to reboot your machine, for this system change to take effect. |
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| − | ====Swapping keys rather than replacing CAPS==== |
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| − | The registry entry above sets the caps to ctrl. The following registry entry actually swaps the caps-lock and registry keys on your keyboard. Useful if you like using caps-lock from time to time. |
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| − | <pre> |
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| − | REGEDIT4 |
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| − | [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] |
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| − | "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,3a,00,1d,00,00,00,00,00 |
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| − | </pre> |
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| − | ====Setting the key layout for the current user==== |
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| − | If the machine has multiple users who might not like this new layout, consider instead of using [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\....] to specifying [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout]. This will make the changes for one user account only. |
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| − | '''This site has an explanation on what's going on here:''' |
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| − | http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1004806455 |
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