On Tue, 29 May 2007 22:57:20 -0500, Jon Larkowski wrote:
I've mapped my Caps Lock key to act as the Ctrl key (in Keyboard & Mouse preferences > Modifier Keys...). Problem is, not all TextMate combos work with this.
You're not crazy Jon!
I too experience similar weirdness using caps->cntl on a a non-mac external keyboard. I'm using an old IBM Model M [1] and find the cntl key doesn't map correctly in some cases.
In my case I have remapped the following:
Alt -> Command Ctrl -> Option Caps -> Cntl
I think all my problems involve the left shift key. For example, Cntl + Shift + Opt + S doesn't invoke the SQL/Shell language menu. However if I use the *right* shift key it does work. Which means something is awray with the keyboard or the PS/2->USB converter. Any other keyboard does work. I've gotten use to using the right shift key in these cases but I'm not happy about it. And since I expect my Model M to last longer than my fingers (it's 20 yrs old already) I'd like to figure out what's wrong.
Anybody else using a Model M on a Mac?
[Hear me now, believe me later. I had an old Sun keyboard that was laid out this way, and it's the only way to fly. Especially on the MacBook Pro where the normal Ctrl key is quite inconvenient to hit.]
I *love* my new cntl key, regardless of keyboard. I've never missed the caps lock.
For example: Paste From History Ctrl-Option-Command-V. Works fine with normal Ctrl key, but does not work with Caps Lock used as Ctrl.
Cntl + Opt + Command + V *does* work for me.
Quinn