Ctrl vs CapsLock

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I feel the need to use a CapsLock key about once a year -- maybe twice a year at most. I use the Ctrl key every day. Yet the CapsLock key is giant and is located where the Ctrl key should be.

A. Different keyboards put these keys in different places. My Microsoft Natural keyboard has a larget CTRL key on the bottom left corner, right where I like it.

Also, the caps lock key doesn't have to be a caps lock key. It's a very useful key to map as a mode changer in vim.

Contents 1 Swapping Ctrl and Caps Lock 1.1 Linux 1.2 Microsoft Windows 1.3 Mac OS X

[edit] Swapping Ctrl and Caps Lock

[edit] Linux

Add the following line to your xorg configuration in the keyboard section:

• Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

[edit] Microsoft Windows

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897578.aspx

[edit] Mac OS X

• System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Modifier Keys