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From: mdc@spt.entity.com (Marty Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: New keyboard impressions (was Re: More info on the new Macs)
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Date: 26 Oct 90 18:12:31 GMT
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In article <2066.2725e075@waikato.ac.nz> ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:

>The swapping of caps lock and control, so now you have a tiny control
>key and a large caps lock key. Control I use far more heavily
>(I log onto a VAX a lot). I hardly ever use caps lock. In fact, I
>don't think Mac keyboards should have caps lock (it's a mode, after
>all...).

I am also a fan of the Non-International-Standards-Org keyboard setup
of the old non-extended keyboard.

Perhaps someone intimate with how keyboard input is handled can
describe decoding of the keycodes and resources related to these?
I suppose if the new keyboard has the kind of caps-lock that stays
down, even more work will have to be done.

Question:
Does anyone know of a piece of software that will allow one to switch
the meanings of Caps-Lock and Control?  If so, does it go as far as
dealing with the LEDs on the tops of the keyboard.

Another question:  In the dim past someone described on comp.sys.mac
how to alter (physically) the Mac-Plus keyboard to put the Clover key
next to the A key.  Anyone have that snipet?

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