"J. P. Gilliver (John)" on Mon, 15 Jul 2019
03:39:09 +0100 typed in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general the
following:
In message , R.Wieser
writes:
Hello all,

Poked along by an article on slashdot (
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/...-time-to-get-r
id-of-the-caps-lock-key) I
decided that I would just that and "get rid of" the capslock key - by
remapping it (got bitten a few times by what the article described :-) )
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There seems to be a lot of hatred of the Caps Lock key/function!

The _main_ reason for the dislike (not the only one, granted), seems to
be from people who hit it by mistake and don't realise until they've
tyPED SEVERAL WORDS WITH IT ON.

Some of use learned to type back when computer keyboards had the
tab key above the shift key, Which, probably was a carry over from
typewriter keyboards.

There's an alert that you've done that, called Toggle Keys: it's been
part of Windows since at least XP. It's for some reason hidden under
accessibility (disabled access) - I guess partly because other features
for helping the disabled also are related to the keyboard, and partly
because they weren't sure where else to put it. How to get to it varies
slightly between Windows versions; on this Win7-with-classic-shell, one
way is Start | Settings | Control Panel | Ease of Access Centre | Make
the keyboard easier to use. On XP, IIRR it was under Accessibility.

I use Caps Lock once in a blue moon, but I don't mind it being there.

I do mind the CapsLock placement, since I'm still hitting it when
I mean to use a tab, or because my finger slipped on the keyboard.

There doesn't seem to be the same hatred of Scroll Lock, which I'm
unaware of having _any_ function since DOS days;

It is also way over there, out of the way, and not in any place
where my fingers are normally going to be seeking out something else.
(I'm still a bit hacked off that holding down the shift key and typing
"EG" doesn't get "E.G." as I expected.)

I've very occasionally come across a novelty or utility that
uses it. Granted, it's harder to hit accidentally, but at least
Caps Lock _has_a function

It isn't the functionality which hacks people off, but the "wrong
placement". Sort of like when function keys were shifted to the top
of the keyboard.
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