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Re: NT kernel keymap hack
- To: "Steven R. Newcomb" <srn at techno dot com>
- Subject: Re: NT kernel keymap hack
- From: Larry Hall <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 23:49:50 +0000
- CC: GNU-Win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <199801102258.RAA02276@bruno.techno.com>
Steven R. Newcomb wrote:
>
> Does anybody know of an NT kernel hack that switches the caps-lock key
> with the control key (that lies under the shift key on most machines
> these days)? I just can't adjust to the idea that the control key
> should be so inaccessible. I'm an Emacs/bash bigot, and I like using
> the control key a lot.
>
> I've done this remapping in Linux, and I evidently *can* do it in
> Win-95 thanks to a free downloadable kernel patch from Microsoft. But
> I haven't found one for NT yet, and I'd sure like to. I write
> to this list because it is read by people who expect rational
> levels of functionality under NT.
>
> -Steve
>
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Try ctrl2cap at http://www.ntinternals.com/ntutil.htm. I haven't
tried it myself but I believe it will do what you want.
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Larry
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