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Both CTRL and CapsLock are Keys on computer keyboards.

Different keyboards put these keys in different places.

The Microsoft Natural keyboard for example has a larger 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.

[edit] Swapping Ctrl and Caps Lock

Run "setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps" to make both keys Control, or ctrl:swapcaps to swap them.

This can be made system-wide by placing the following in /etc/X11/Xorg.conf.d/keyboard.conf:

Or save the following with a .reg extension and open it (it will be merged into the registry) then reboot.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00

Ctrl vs CapsLock