Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 12:52:53AM -0400, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > who made the dastardly decision to shanghai the Control-Key from its > place next to the "A" down to the useless position near the bottom > left and put in its important place the useless caps-lock key? > i recall the dec vt220's could be bought with either "right" or "wrong" > keyboard configurations. i don't understand how anyone can use > emacs or vi with the wrong-way control setup. the escape key should > also be just left of the "1" key. I'm pretty sure it was IBM, but don't remember on which model it was first perpetrated. Toshiba kept the old layout on their laptops longer than most, but after a year or two of offering swappable <Ctrl> and <CapsLock> keycaps, they accepted the unconditional surrender. A few weeks ago I indulged myself with an Avant Stellar keyboard http://cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/stellar.htm This is too expensive (by non-Leica standards), but it uses the old Alps key switches that IBM used to use and all keys (except for the right Ctrl) are programmable. A key puller and replacement <Ctrl> and <CapsLock> keys are included. So I put the <Ctrl> and <Esc> keys where they belong, and then got carried away and moved a few more keys around so that now I'm not sure where <`~> ended up. Oh, yes, right where right <Alt> was... BTW, as a vi user I don't understand how people can use emacs with any keyboard layout whatsoever. :-)