Configuring the Keyboard ?

[Joseph Kubik]

My solution long ago worked on both Linux and windows.
Steps:
1. Get needle-nose pliers.
2. Firmly grasp the keyboard in one hand.
3. Using the other hand grab the CAP LOCK key with the pliers and
rocking pack and forth, PULL.
Yes, I actually did this to most of my keyboards.

I use the insert key in window often, so that I can fill out a form
provided in MS-word, without printing it (or reformating).
-Joseph-


On Thu,  9 Dec 2004 09:11:36 -0500, Geoffrey Hunter <GHunter-B71PBEe7S7Y at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Does anyone on this list know how to configure the keyboard ?
> 
> I have two frequent irritations:
> 
> I Never want Overwrite Mode and I Never want Caps-Lock On,
> yet when I am typing some text, one or the other
> "accidentally" (mysteriously) gets set On.
> 
> When I notice that the text that I thought I was inserting is actually
> overwriting some text that I want to keep, I key the Insert Key to
> toggle Overwite Off, and then (if I can remember) re-write the text
> that was overwritten (this happened while I was typing this email).
> 
> When I notice that the text that I thought was (mostly) in lower case
> is in fact in ALL CAPS, then I key the Caps Lock key to set Caps Lock
> Off, erase everything that I just typed and re-type it in (mostly)
> lower case.
> 
> I'd like to permanently disable the Overwrite and ALL-CAPS modes under
> both Linux (Mandrake 8.x) and Windows (XP), which would include
> disabling the Insert and Caps-Lock keys
> 
> It would be preferable to configure a single Keyboard Driver
> (used by all application programs) so that the disabling would
> apply to all application programs that receive keyboard input.
> 
> I found out how to make Windows Beep when Caps Lock gets set on
> (which alerts me to press the Caps Lock key to set it Off), but
> couldn't find out how to do this for Insert/Overwrite,
> nor how to permanently disable either of them.
> 
> Incidentally, in an ideal world the 26 letters of our alphabet would
> be arranged in alphabetical order; the QWERTY order was designed to
> slow down (I kid you not) typing on mechanical typewriters to reduce
> the occurrence of key-hammer jams; it is an unfortunate legacy that
> we are still using that slow-you-down arrangement when its purpose
> has not pertained since mechanical typewriters were displaced by
> electric typewriters, and later by electronic input.
> 
> How about this for a (partial) keyboard arrangement:
> 
>      A B C D E F G H I
>      1 2 3 J K L M N O   4 rows x 9 columns
>      4 5 6 P Q R S T U    = 36 characters = 26 letters + 10 digits
>      7 8 9 0 V W X Y Z
> 
> 3 of the vowels (I,O,U) are at the ends of the first 3 rows;
> A is at the beginning of the first row,
> E is symmetrically in the middle of the first row,
> (which is good because E is the most frequently used vowel).
> 
> Geoffrey Hunter
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