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From:	Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc:	meino.cramer@×××.de
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] How can I inactivate the anachronism called CAPSLOCK on X?
Date:	Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:14:00
Message-Id:	`BANLkTikqTxUDGX=Zj2QYza2OSA6UYSaqgA@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] How can I inactivate the anachronism called CAPSLOCK on X? by meino.cramer@gmx.de

1	On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:46 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
2
3	>
4	> Hi,
5	>
6	> I am using a recent gentoo (updated on a nearly daily basis).
7	> For me the CAPSLOCK-function is totally useless and I want
8	> to deactivate it as soon as possible to ACCIDENTLY SWITCH
9	> ANYthing uppeRCASE. ;)
10	>
11	> Is there any way to acchieve this -- it would greatly improve
12	> my typing...
13	>
14	> Thank you very much for any help in advance!
15	> Best regards
16	> mcc
17	>
18	>
19	> I'm using CAPS to switch from English to Hebrew. I don't use xorg.conf to
20	do it.
21	I use this commands in the startup script of fluxbox:
22	setxkbmap -option &
23	setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,il &
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25	So you can use setxkbmap to check configuration and then apply it to
26	xorg.conf.
27
28	Regards,
29	Kfir