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behrends/map capslock to escape

Created November 12, 2010 09:47
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  1. behrends created this gist Nov 12, 2010.
    15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions map capslock to escape
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    global setting - edit ~/.Xmodmap and put the following in it:

    !! No Caps Lock
    clear lock
    !! Make Caps_lock an escape key.
    keycode 0x42 = Escape

    without global setting:
    enable during current session:
    xmodmap -e "clear lock"
    xmodmap -e "keycode 0x42 = Escape"

    disable during current session:
    xmodmap -e "keycode 0x42 = Caps_Lock"
    xmodmap -e "add lock = Caps_Lock"