SHIFT-CAPS

[BeebMaster]

I've always detested SHIFT-CAPS mode, I'll never understand why that was put as a configuration option on Master 128 (and later). If I engage CAPS LOCK, I always want upper case letters no matter whether I am pressing SHIFT at the same time or not. Luckily Acorn knew this, and the default from pressing CAPS LOCK is that CAPS mode is selected. If you want SHIFT-CAPS mode, you hold SHIFT then press CAPS LOCK. Genius.

However, on a modern PC keyboard, it seems that pressing CAPS LOCK invariably engages SHIFT-CAPS mode so any shifted letter keypress produces a lower case letter. I don't want that, but I can't find a way to make CAPS LOCK engage CAPS only mode. Can't see anything in the keyboard settings (on Ubuntu) and the interweb has been no hELP. tUT.

Is there a way to do it?

[gfoot]

Assuming this is within X, rather than at the actual Linux console, xkeyboard-config's caps:shift_nocancel option looks promising, e.g.:

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caps:internal_nocancel	  Caps Lock uses internal capitalization; Shift doesn't affect Caps Lock
caps:shift	          Caps Lock acts as Shift with locking; Shift "pauses" Caps Lock
caps:shift_nocancel	  Caps Lock acts as Shift with locking; Shift doesn't affect Caps Lock
caps:capslock	          Caps Lock toggles normal capitalization of alphabetic characters

https://www.commandlinux.com/man-page/m ... fig.7.html

[1024MAK]

Use a ZX81, definitely no lower case character problems then

Mark

[BeebMaster]

You could have said Atom!

[1024MAK]

You could have said Atom!

But that may not have got a reaction

Mark