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From: apm@hpopd.HP.COM (Andrew Merritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Wanted: caps key disable - HP9000/360
Message-ID: <8490006@hpopd.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 89 15:38:57 GMT
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Organization: HP PWD, Pinewood UK.
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/ hpopd:comp.sys.hp / rgh@shell.com (Richard G. Hash) / 11:46 pm  Nov 29, 1989 /
We've just gotten a bunch of 9000/360 workstations, and I want to know how
to disable the "Caps" key on the keyboard (thru software!).  I previously
had a Sun 3/50 which had a similar annoyance, but someone sent me a short
Sun-specific program that disabled it.  Does someone has a similar beast
for a 9000/360, or is there something simpler I've overlooked?
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With Xr11 (I haven't used anything earlier) you can use xmodmap to redefine
the codes that keys generate.  To change the Caps lock key into a second
Control key, put the following in a file:

remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Control_R
add Control = Control_R

and then call xmodmap <filename>  in your .x11start file.  A non-portable,
but rerunnable version is:

remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keycode 55 = Control_R
add Control = Control_R

This second version depends on the hardware assigned value 55 being the Caps
Lock key.

Andrew
(Not a spokesperson for anyone).