Peter's Blog 7.4.2004

After reading some vim stuff I was inspired to turn..

After reading some vim stuff I was inspired to turn my Caps Lock key into another control key. This is described here: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/input/w2kscan-map.mspx.

The reg edit boils down to:

 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

 00,00,00,00 == header
 00,00,00,00 == header
 02,00,00,00 == 2 entries including terminating null
1d,00 == caps lock ->
3a,00 == shift
00,00,00,00 == terminating null

Works after a reboot. I use Caps Lock more by accident than anything else. I don't care if I never use it as a control key.