Bug 258522 – sys-apps/openrc: Feature addition: Switching Esc and Caps lock

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Roland Leißa 2009-02-10 23:51:27 UTC]

This small addition adds the nice option to switch Esc and Caps lock:

Add this to /etc/conf.d/keymaps

# Should Caps lock and Esc be switched?
switch_caps_lock_and_esc="yes"

Add this to /etc/init.d/keymaps in start()

    if yesno ${switch_caps_lock_and_esc}; then
        ebegin "Switching Caps lock and Esc keys"
        setkeycodes 0x3a 1
        setkeycodes 0xba 1
        setkeycodes 0x01 58
        setkeycodes 0x81 58
        eend 0
    fi

This is _really_ useful if you like Vi as an editor. 

However I don't know whether this works for non x86/amd64 keyboards.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2009-02-11 02:47:24 UTC]

make your own keymap and select that with the keymaps script