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From: beacker@mips.COM (Bradley Eacker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Getting rid of caps lock in xdm
Summary: Chagrined
Message-ID: <29221@weasel.mips.COM>
Date: 10 Oct 89 19:34:37 GMT
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In article <29158@weasel.mips.COM>, beacker@mips.COM (Bradley Eacker) writes:
> 
>      If you want to be able to install the extra key caps that came with
> your system and permanently switch the caps lock and control functions
> you can use the commands at the PROM level
> 
> >> setenv keyswtch 1
> >> init
> 

     Laurence Yaffe brought to my attention that this does not work in the
xserver environment.  I have checked with the folks that use the swapped
keys here and they use:

xmodmap -e "remove Lock = Caps_Lock" \
	-e "remove Control = Control_L" \
	-e "keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock" \
	-e "keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L" \
	-e "add Lock = Caps_Lock" \
	-e "add Control = Control_L"

     I have verified on the system that I use that the keyswtch works
at the prom level and the black terminal window.  So I feel a little
better.
         Chagrined,
             Brad Eacker (beacker@mips.mips.com)