[TxMt] Caps Lock as Ctrl key doesn't work for all combos

[Édouard Gilbert]

Le 1 juin 07 à 08:56, Allan Odgaard a écrit :

> On 1. Jun 2007, at 05:49, Quinn Comendant wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> 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. [...]
>>
>> Anybody else using a Model M on a Mac?
>
> Most likely the wiring of the keyboard does not allow for these  
> four keys to be pressed down simultaneously.
>
> It’s not unusual (at least for old keyboards) to re-use the same  
> wire for multiple keys, effectively disallowing some keys to be  
> pressed at the same time.

Not only for old keyboard. I've suffered the same problem with my MBP  
(CoreDuo) when pressing simultaneously only two keys. Not modifiers,  
of course.