For Emacs users on Linux one of the most efficient and important things to
do is remap your Control Key to your Caps Lock key. This is because the Caps
Lock key has such a prominent position on the home row and yet it is rarely
used compared to the Control key.
On Linux you can change your xmodmap, on Windows it’s even trickier,
however on the Mac is only takes a few clicks.
- Open up your System & Preferences
- Go to Keyboard and Mouse
- Click on the Keyboard tab
- On the bottom left corner click on “Modifier Keys…”
- Change the Caps Lock Key to the Control key and the Caps Lock key for the Control Key.
And you’re done, now it’s much easier to use your Control key. It’s even smart , the light on the Caps Lock key will light up only when you hit the newly remapped key for Caps Lock and not the traditional one. Unfortunately
for the Vim users there doesn’t seem to be a way to move your Esc key to the
Caps Lock right so we’ll just have to live it or find some other way.
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Daniel
James
On the Macbook Pro, there is a redundant mini-enter key to the right of the right cmd key. I use that App to remap it. March 20th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Travis Jeffery
James