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10.4: Remap the Caps Lock key to a simple Shift key
Authored by: enterkeymustdie on Jun 15, '05 11:30:23AM

Can someone who knows what they are doing please expand on this hint and tell me how to remap the evil 'enter' key on a powerbook to something useful (like 'option'). I'll pay handsomely for this tip. The nice utility UControl that had this ability was broken by Tiger and is no longer in development <sob>.



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10.4: Remap the Caps Lock key to a simple Shift key
Authored by: englabenny on Jun 15, '05 11:49:44AM

Here's a solution for some keyboards, but it doesn't seem easy:
http://www.snark.de/index.cgi/0007



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10.4: Remap the Caps Lock key to a simple Shift key
Authored by: dmydans on Jun 15, '05 12:41:23PM

Yes, I know we're getting off-topic, but please let me second 'EnterKeyMustDie". On my laptop I've become totally addicted to switching the 'Enter' key to 'Option'. I'm lefthanded and I don't know if I can live (much longer) without it!
I've tried the suggested technique twice.
<http://www.snark.de/index.cgi/0007>
both times I hosed my system (no big thing, lottsa backups).
But its a complicated proceedure, evidently a bit above my head.

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10.4: Remap the Caps Lock key to a simple Shift key
Authored by: aglzen on Jun 15, '05 02:23:20PM
To do this remap, you'll want a program called "Doublecommand" http://doublecommand.sf.net

It will kill the useless enter key, give you shift-delete forward delete and a bunch more.. As soon as the developer can get it tweaked for 10.4.

Works perfectly in 10.2 and 10.3 though, until my move to tiger, I was using it on all systems for a year plus, without problem. Hopefully soon for 10.4. Please. My powerbook is a mess of useless keys without it.

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