Comments on: Command and Control: The Clash of Keyboards

By: Tigger

Tigger — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:36:55 +0000

Thank you!!!

Now I have remapped my command and alt
back to the right place, how I'M used to
them being.

Thank you sir.

By: Tigger

Tigger — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:36:55 +0000

Thank you!!!

Now I have remapped my command and alt
back to the right place, how I'M used to
them being.

Thank you sir.

By: sfoskett

sfoskett — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:59:51 +0000

In the end, I actually did decide to leave control as control and use caps lock as option. Door number three?

By: Nilesh

Nilesh — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:29:23 +0000

Regarding the 101-key, rather than living without the Control, why not just remap Caps Lock to Control? Or alternatively remap Caps Lock to Command, and leave Control as Control. You'll lose the Caps Lock key, but I think its worth sacrificing. I did something similar with my old Thinkpad T23 (mapped Caps Lock to the Windows key).

Personally, I use Unicomp's Model M keyboards, which have a 104-key layout, and am pretty happy with them (though I don't recommend their pointing stick model, their pointing stick just doesn't match IBM's). I don't have access to any original IBM Model M's to compare them to, though.

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