Thread 107035292

We need to talk about the most useless key: Caps Lock. I have replaced mine with a bean. It is a tactile reminder to not use the key, and in emergencies, it is a nutrient. This is peak efficiency. Who else has ascended?

hitting caps is quicker than holding shift

I just swap caps and escape.
vim user btw.

>>107035292 (OP)
SHUT YOUR MOUTH THIS KEY IS EXTREMELY USEFUL EXCEPT FOR WHEN IT GETS STUCK IN WHICH CASE IT'S VERY ANNOYING

>>107035292 (OP)
it's good to use as eisu key thoughalbeit

>>107035292 (OP)
>1 less key than normal
tranny keyboard

>>107035309
Ctrl is better Ctrl+] for ESC

>>107035292 (OP)
I map caps lock to ctrl, use it all the time.

I use my capslock key as a dedicated compose key so I can type unicode symbols

>>107035292 (OP)
In English, it's halfway useful, since numbers AFAIK are still numbers, in German, all the numbers become the special characters when holding shift.
(It's been 20 years since I last used an English layout on a daily basis.)
Fuck you, Zoomers, btw.

>>107035311
THIS

>>107035292 (OP)
Holding shit interferes with efficient typing. Having it like this is just like hitting any other key.

but how else am i going to use proximity voice chat in dayz?

>>107035311
EXTREMELY BASED.

Caps lock is my escape key because I use vim and holding caps lock is my hyper key to do anything I need like opening or switching to a specific app (I do hyper + f for firefox for example). Pretty useful I say. I use skhd on my mac for this purpose. I also bound some keys for Alfred actions

>>107035292 (OP)
Though this was a bulging capacitor ready to explode. Damn it.

>>107035292 (OP)

you are supposed to press bean when name or product background noise just goes without

>>107035292 (OP)
>stuck walking bug in skyrim
>[capslock]
>[tab]
>[capslock]
>[tab]
>fixed

>>107035292 (OP)
Only (You) and even so, (You) didn't ascend, (You) fell from grace.

>>107035292 (OP)
this isn't really a problem anon, anyone who cares just rebinds capslock to something else, like backspace or shift. Removing the key only reduces the potential of your keyboard.

>>107035292 (OP)
Get yourself a decent keyboard, son.

>>107035292 (OP)
colemak replaces it with a backspace. fuck, i should try getting used to it.

>>107035292 (OP)
just map it to ESC like a proper non-normie
you normie

>>107035292 (OP)
CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL.
ARE YOU A FAGGOT OR SOMETHING?

>>107035292 (OP)
nice spider webs bro

>>107035426
I stand corrected, my German layout in Mint seems to type numbers with caps lock.
Is it maybe a Windows thing or is my memory faulty?

Forgot about me?

>>107036087
That whole 3x3 is pure uselessness I have no fucking idea why print screen hangs out there.

>>107035292 (OP)
ew, why's your left shift so tiny?

>>107036064
Caps Lock has always only affected letters, as far as I'm aware
*Shift Lock* will shift all keys like you're describing, and Linux has an option to emulate that, but I don't know of anything enabling it by default

>>107036378
Ohhh, that's interesting...
Gonna try out on my W7 desktop when I get home.
Speaking of, even post number I stay dry, odd post number, I pop this beer.

>>107036286
You do not have a job that uses excel.

>>107036087
I'm 40 years old and I have no fucking clue what Scroll Lock does.

>>107036425
Prost, ihr Grattler.

>>107035309
this

>>107036479
this nigga is old as fuckkk

>>107036479
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll_Lock#Function

>>107036479
I'm 32 and DOS on an IBM Model M was my first computer. Scroll lock was to freeze the console output. To lock the scrolling.
Highly irrelevant when Windows 95 came out. So now just makes the keyboard look even.
For some keyboards, the button isn't even programmed to do anything other than turn a light on.

>>107036426
You are corerct. I'm not a data entry monkey, I'm an actual engineer.

>>107035575
This is only necessary because the toggle becomes inverted in the game. If the caps lock key wasn't a toggle in the operating system with an annoying LED, you wouldn't have to bother doing this.

>>107035309
you become dependent on this and then cant use any machine other than yours. it hurts your ability to adapt in different places in the world. this is the first step in redefining all your macros, using azerty, demanding a keyboard that splits spacebar into new keys, not being able to be productive unless youre in your expensive comfy chair, etc.

making a personalized software config is a different thing because you can largely take it with you anywhere, but even then you should avoid anything crazy or idiosyncratic. stick to common consensus key bindings and well-known settings and tools. NOT because the consensus is the best or most right, but because you need to be able to have mobility and not be slowed down when youre outside your comfort zone. it's a concern of general survivability, you need to be able to fight with the available weapons and work with the available tools.

>>107035292 (OP)
FUCK YOU RETARD
CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

>>107035309
what's the vim config for this? my escape is miles from home row and my ring finger hates mashing it all the time.

>>107035292 (OP)
You lost the key, didn't you, you fucking idiot?

>>107035292 (OP)
it’s a good extra control key

>>107035292 (OP)
Caps is not as bad as the right shift key.
Seriously, I dont think I've ever pressed that one in my entire life.

>>107038048
I use it often.

>>107035292 (OP)
I probably use it more than alt. It's great for typing stuff like enums, defines and globals in all caps.

>>107035292 (OP)
Swap Caps and Ctrl

>>107035292 (OP)
It's extremely useful because you can bind it to whatever important but annoying-to-reach key you want, like control or escape.

>>107036479
Did you drink your prune juice yet, gramps?

Ascend with me

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
If this had a normal function row, it would be fine, actually. The touch bar is fucking wretched. It's entirely software controlled, and if you don't have the software, the bar just turns black. No function keys. No alternatives.

>>107038359
The ultimate post-op board.
Nah actually still too many keys, so there's room for improvement.

>>107035292 (OP)
It becomes useful when you use it for actually typing in all-caps and use left shift when capitalizing letters on right and vice versa. Less keystrokes, less strain on a single pinky
Otherwise just remap it
>>107035330
JIS the best for that and almost in general. I just wish they had an extra key next to left shift instead of making the backspace small. Small spacebar and more thumb keys should be stantard. The kana layout on it makes no sense.
>>107036768
Alot of tech jobs are remote and you can have a keyboard with programmable memory. Azerty is a French? layout and one of the worst out there worse than QWERTY. Dvorak is available on most current operating systems.

>>107035292 (OP)
>the most useless key
You now remember that SysRq exists.

>>107035292 (OP)
I don't think about it, and just don't press keys I don't need to use at the moment. Consider going for a walk.

>>107035292 (OP)
Why does that keyboard has a mini kidney?

>>107039613
thats his bean

>>107038359
after actually using this layout for a while I have swapped esc and ~

~/ is way easier and faster to type this way. also standard fn arrows on hhkb is dogshit, otherwise I like the layout

>>107035308
no, you seem hitting caps requires pushing down on caps, then lifting up from caps,

then it requires doing the same thing once you're finished with it

pressing down on the shift key only requires pressing down, and doing nothing else

I hope this tip can be helpful for you

>>107035292 (OP)
Caps Lock has niche use cases, and you are a faggot.
I don't use right shift ever, though. There's the most useless key for me.

>>107035292 (OP)
I rebound my capslock to pausebreak in my KB's FW as a more useful PTT key.

>>107039842
a what

>>107039862
Push to talk. You don't run a hot mic at all times... Right?

Impr Pant # Bloq Despl # Pausa|Inter
insert # Inicio # RePag
Supr # Fin # AvPag
BloqMayus
BloqNum
Entrar
Retroceso

>>107036768
yes it is a dependency.
but I am not typing on other people's computers so what do I care.

First I learnt dvorak.
Then I started learning vim.
While I was learning vim I remapped the caps and esc.
Then I got an ergo split keyboard, and use thumb buttons for backspace, delete, alt, shift and control.
Also using a macro layer for non-alphanumeric characters.

Dvorak is available on any OS which is why I chose it.
Unlike Colemak, which is only available on Windows from Windows 11.
I can't type in Qwerty because of that.
Alternate keyboard layouts also suck if I need to use shortcut based tools like GIMP or Blender because their keybindings are made for Qwerty and then I have to switch between layouts to type.

I'm using vim plugin on whatever editor I'm given.
I don't have a vim config as I don't want to be tied to a single machine but customising too hard.

Switching Keyboards isn't an issue though.
Which was surprising I thought I would be unable to use my pinkies for shift but they still have their memory.
And my typing speed is unaffected.

>>107037560
I use powertoys on windows / keyboard settings on linux to remap it.
I don't have a vim config.

>>107037032
EVEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL, YOU STILL HAVE TO STEER.

>>107036768
you're either trolling or retarded. you can swap caps and escape in a TRILLION different ways on any machine, plus it doesn't take more than a day to get used to hitting escape the normal way again (speaking from experience as a 10+ year vim user).

>>107036768
I can still use normal layouts after a couple minutes of stumbling (it helps that a bog-standard layout feels quite different to my split keyboard). Sorry to hear you've lost the ability to adapt.

>>107035292 (OP)
Is there a way to rebind it to another key maybe even to control that shit gives me cramps

>>107039797
and how do you type QUOTE with just one shift press? Like a retard, mayhaps?

>>107040397
>this dumb nigger only uses one finger on each hand

>>107038399
That's the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. I thought stinkpads were supposed to be cool and good?

>>107040412
as opposed to you, a prolific touch typer, right? So you press the right shift with your right pinky and then q with your left pinky and then what happens next? you start hunting and pecking with your right ring finger while your right pinky is still on that shift? Like a retard?

>>107040485
Did you not learn how to use a keyboard when you were a kid or something?

>>107040397
>not retardmaxxing with WASD homecross and single finger pecking on the right side through pure muscle memory instead of proper homerow
ngmi

>>107035292 (OP)
I mapped it to escape and then shift+capslock gives me regular capslock
nice for vim motions and also just escaping out of other stuff

>>107039964
I tried for too long to keep my skill on other people's keyboards, I use my own 99.99% of the time anyway and if I need to use another once a year I can still just hunt and peck for 5 minutes.

>>107038359
I need two symmetric left and right ctrl keys. Right one for the shortcuts using the left side keys like ctrl+a.

>>107035309
this
>vim user btw.
very based btw

>>107035383
This, it should just be control in the first place.
Caps lock is a near pointless key and absolutely does not deserve so prominent a position. It would be just fine up in the function row alongside shit like scroll lock or print screen.

>>107035311
I can't believe vi has existed for nearly 50 years in some incarnation or another but no nigger has ever implemented an "ignore caps lock unless in insert mode" setting for it

>>107035309
this but caps and ctrl

>>107035292 (OP)
>HE DOESN'T USE CRUISE CONTROL
LMAO @ YOU

>/g/ is finally discovering keyboard layouts again
god i fucking hate you morons so much, you'll argue about anything.

>>107037560
setxkbmap us -option caps:swapescape

>>107035292 (OP)
mine is useful

>>107040644
Not the same anon, but I find myself tripping over my fingers if I try to touchtype. Even had classes in highschool to learn to touchtype and I sucked. I write faster using my indexes and majors for keys if I place my fingers on DVNK. I don't have really any pattern, I just follow the flow. I still use my pinky for Enter/Shift/Caps/Delete/End/Home.

>>107044653
What do you mean, "discover"? It's been an eternal struggle. A non-problem without a solution.

>>107040475
They did this for one single model of the X1 Carbon and then ditched it next year.
Oh, and the touch bar also rots. Like, it actually fucking rots, like a cheap OLED display does.

I genuinely like that Home/End key positioning though.

we just need another key
an ignore caps lock key that ignores caps lock

>>107046010
You mean the shift key when caps lock is on?

>>107035292 (OP)
HAHA YOU UNWITTINGLY CONFESSED TO BEING LAME. BUT THAT'S OK.

>>107035292 (OP)
>It is a tactile reminder to not use the key, and in emergencies, it is a nutrient.

>>107035292 (OP)
>>107039613
Seal it in clear epoxy resin, grind it into a key cap shape, polish it up and then sell it to /mgk/ reddits for $500

>>107046015
no

>>107045990
>I write faster using my indexes and majors for keys if I place my fingers on DVNK.
Ultimately you're following the same principal as if you used DFJK. The other anon sounds like he needs to look at the keyboard or else he doesn't know what letters he's typing.