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Using CapsLock to switch the keyboard language layout

Currently I am using Recaps for switching between keyboard layouts. But I am looking for a replacement, because it is a little buggy and not updated for years. Do you know any replacement?
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Changing Caps Lock light meaning on Mac

Is there a way to make the caps lock light flash on other events like new mail, Skype messages, etc on Mac OS X? Is yes, how is it possible?
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How can I toggle caps lock when the caps lock key is remapped?

I have a das keyboard plugged into a thinkpad running linux. for some reason, sometimes ubuntu requires me to re-run xmodmap when i unlock my screen, which swaps my caps lock key with control, as i ...
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Acer 5742z caps lock on/off screen warning

I have an acer 5742z. I installed Win7 Pro 32-bit. But my caps lock warning does not work. I couldn't find driver or application related to this problem. How can i fix it? Thanks for your help.
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Where can I find a keyboard where CAPS LOCK can be programmed to be a CONTROL key “directly on the keyboard”?

I am looking for a QWERTY keyboard where the CAPS LOCK can be made a ctrl key "directly on the keyboard". I will use it at work where I cannot remap keys on their keyboard because that would require ...
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Light for the Caps Lock on HP 430

I have a HP 430 Laptop and the light on the Caps Lock stopped working. I had to type something to know if the Caps Lock is turned on/off. To get the HP support I need to get the product # and the ...
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Caps lock key on MacBook Pro does not lock

How do I activate caps lock on my MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard? I've tried everything. Neither the LED goes on, nor the capital letters lock. Can anyone help?
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Dell Inspiron 1720 Caps Lock light flashes while booting

When trying to bootup my inspiron 1720, the blue light with a padlock and a 'A' inside of it is flashing, it then just shuts off after some time. If I take out the battery with it plugged in, the ...
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How do you disable the CAPS LOCK key “delay” on Mac OS X? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: eliminate MacBook CapsLock delay When you press caps lock key on an Apple Mac OS X keyboard, either on a MacBook or aluminum keyboard, there's a slight delay of about ...
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Map caps lock to control. In linux. Without X

I'm trying to map caps lock to control in a terminal. X is not enabled. Distro is Arch linux. Is this possible?
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Product Key letters are always typed as capital during the Windows installation [closed]

When I install Windows XP Professional on my machine, while entering the product key, letters are always typed CAPITAL. It doesn't change by toggling the Caps Lock key. How do I solve it?
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Virtual PC 2007 - Caps lock reversed

Weird problem. Using virtual PC 2007, the status of the caps lock is reversed in the guest machine. If caps lock is off on the host, the guest has it on and vice-verse. Host: Windows 7 x64 Guests: ...
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Vim - Is Capslock on?

When I work with Vim I almost never look at my keyboard (like it should be!) and this is great, but sometimes, unknowingly I hit the CapsLock key and causes me to yell at my screen. Because, you ...
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How can I remap the Caps Lock key in Mac OS X Lion?

I would like to remap the Caps Lock key to some other unused key (in a system-wide fashion). Being a MacVim.app user, I always liked to idea of remapping the Caps Lock key to some other key such as ...
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Is it possible to control the CAPS LOCK LED on OS X?

I don't use the CAPS LOCK functionality in OS X, so I disabled the key under the system preferences. Now that key is completely useless to me - ok, I could map the CMD/CTRL/ALT key to that key, but I ...
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Remapping CapsLock key

I've remapped CapsLock key to work like this: CapsLock + J = Left arrow key CapsLock + K = Down arrow key etc. I've used xmodmap (as explained here Mapping Super+hjkl to arrow keys under X). The ...
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On-screen CAPS LOCK indicator

On my Acer laptop if I hit Caps Lock it will pop up an OSD-like message saying something like "CAPS LOCK ON/OFF". I find this very useful functionality - is there a generic freeware utility that can ...
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How to swap ctrl and caps lock using xmodmap

Or any other tool, but I prefer xmodmap. I tried this: remove Lock = Caps_Lock remove Control = Control_L keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L add Lock = Caps_Lock add Control = ...
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Synronize caps-lock between OSX and Windows via RDC client

I'm accessing Windows via the RDC client for OSX. Occasionally, the caps-lock willget out of synch between the two environments. When this happens when I am using a Windows VM in VMWare Fusion, I ...
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Assigning caps lock key for contextual menu (right click) on OS X

I'd like to remap Caps Lock to right click - for the cases where I can focus on objects with cursor keys, or tab. For instance after selecting files in Finder I'd like to push Caps Lock and get the ...
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Enable CAPS LOCK only after the key has been held for 1 sec or more?

Is there a way / utility to activate CAPS LOCK only after the key has been held down for one second or more? I don't want to completely disable it, just prevent accidental activation of this function. ...
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How can I set my Caps Lock key to toggle Fullscreen mode in Xmonad?

I'm using xmonad with the following layouts: globalLayout = avoidStruts (tiled ||| Mirror tiled ||| Full ||| threeColMid ||| combine) ||| Full and I have set my mod + space key to switch between ...
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Can I map Control to the Caps Lock key and keep the toggle functionality in Linux?

Can I change the Caps Lock key to Control and still keep the on/off nature of Caps Lock? I've checked into using xmodmap and seem to have hit a dead end. Many people want to swap them, but they also ...
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how do I get rid of the caps-lock key on windows XP?

I'm stuck on an XP machine at work, and I really hate the cap-lock key. In OSX, Linux, and Vista, I have always been able to map it to another ctrl (as it should be in any sane world). However, in ...
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Why would I need Caps Lock? [closed]

From my experience Caps Lock key is only a problem. Sometimes I'll want to press Shift, but will instead hit Caps Lock. Sometimes I'll want to press TAB (I'm a software developer, so I want that very ...
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How do I convert Caps Lock into Delete on the Mac? [closed]

FYI: None of the answers to this question fixed the problem so don't bother reading any further. Possible Duplicate: Remapping of keys in Mac OS X This way I could avoid using ...
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Typing numbers on a MacBook Pro with AZERTY keyboard with Caps Lock — possible?

I have a Belgian AZERTY keyboard on my MacBook Pro. Sadly, it appears to be impossible to use Caps Lock to type numbers — I still need to hold Shift for every number I want to type. Is it possible to ...
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Turn ON/OFF allcaps font in Keynote

Currently some themes have all-caps for some textelements on the master. I can't locate where I can toggle between all-caps, and a regular typeface. Any clues? Thank you.
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Capslock turns on intermittenly on Windows Login Screen

At first I thought it was a coworker playing a joke on me.. I have a habit of locking my workstation whenever I leave my desk. however i have noticed over the last several years that sometimes the ...
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Remap caps lock to escape in OS X

I've always remapped my caps lock key to escape in windows/linux, but having just recently moved to OS X I can't seem to find a way to actually do this. Any idea as to how to set this up? Xmodmap ...
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How to switch languages on all desktops in Windows using Caps Lock?

lswitch fails (it works only on the first desktop). Running a copy of hacked lswitch on each desktop also fails. Punto switcher seems too big and intrusive for the task (and old version doesn't have ...
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capslock as additional control key for just one program on Windows

How do I make Caps Lock key work as an additional Control key in just one program on Windows? similar thread for Aquamacs on Mac users
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Custom key that alternates between Home and End

I recently purchased a Macbook Pro and found out that I really miss the Home and End keys found on full keyboards. I know that you can press fn+left/dn+right for home and end but it simply isn't ...
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My Caps Lock is a Control Key, How Do I Restore to Caps Lock?

In Vista, I had previously made my caps lock function as a control key, the problem is I don't know how to undo the change. I have searched around and most references I find mention changing the ...
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Map CapsLock key to ESC in Mac OS X

At work on my windows machine I've used Autohotkey to remap the CapsLock key to ESC. I've gotten used to it and on my personal machines (mac) I keep hitting CapsLock out of habit when I want ESC. ...