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Subject: Re: keybindings under PS-2/AIX-1.0 ^C/shift anyone ??
Message-ID: <4715@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 22 Sep 89 22:48:18 GMT
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Reply-To: stockton@frith.egr.msu.ed (Ronald G Stockton)
Organization: Engineering, Michigan State University, E. Lansing
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In article <3914@yunexus.UUCP> oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) writes:
>For my DEC-trained hands, the shiftlock & control key positions on the PS2
>keyboard are awful, and I am suffering. Does anyone know of a way to remap
>this keyboard under PS2 running AIX ?? There was a program that did this
>nicely under DOS, but I have not yet found a way to do this under AIX, and
>TFM seems to indicate that this may not be doable (?) [Tho I must admit I
>have skimmed the documentation fairly rapidly, and I may have missed
>something.]
>
The answer to your question is a qualified yes. There is a program which
will allow you to remap keys on the keyboard. (I believe that the
program is called defkey, though I don't remember offhand) In any case,
although the program is very nice, and lets you do some neat things,
it NOT let you swap those two keys. In the tech ref (vol 1) under the
devices section, there is a list off all the different possible
keyboards, and the values associated with each key. Under the CAPS LOCK
key and the CTRL key there is a note which states that "these keys may
not be altered" or some such. Unless something gets rewritten, you are
going to have to live with it. 

BTW, I've had two months of practice and I'm STILL confusing them!

				Greg Stockton