On Thu, 2019-12-19 at 10:48 +0000, John Horne wrote: > On Wed, 2019-12-18 at 22:39 +0000, zir...@xendistar.co.uk wrote: > > Evening all > > > > I have a laptop (Lenovo T530) which in Linux is devoid of a caps lock > > indicator and my my typing could surely benefit from having an indicator > > to let me know caps lock is on. > > > > I have found that using the xkbutils package, I can run xkbvled -watch 1 > > from a terminal that displays a small green "led like" window on my > > screen. > > > > But here is the problem, the little window is probably no bigger than > > the LED light on a keyboard so can get lost easily on the desktop. I > > have not found away to attach it to the taskbar (xfce desktop, Debian > > based distro) > > > Hi, > > At home I have a Lenovo L440 running Fedora/KDE, and found the same problem. > I have configured a 'popup' whenever the capslock is pressed. The popup is > big enough for me to notice :-) > > I'm at work at the moment so can't say how I configured it. I'll take a look > when I get home tonight. It didn't involve any additional software, but is > probably one of the KDE 'notifications'. > Hi,
I just noticed that you are using XFCE; I have never used that I'm afraid. Anyway, should it be of any use, on my laptop I enabled a popup when the capslock was pressed by accessing the system settings 'Accessibility' settings. Within there it is possible to configure the 'lock' keys to perform certain actions - play some speech, play a tune, show a popup, etc etc. I enabled the popup for when the capslock key became 'active', and one for when it became 'inactive'. The popup automatically disappears from the screen after a few seconds, but, as said before, is big enough to be noticed. If you have some similar settings in XFCE, then they may be suitable for you, John. -- John Horne | Senior Operations Analyst | Technology and Information Services University of Plymouth | Drake Circus | Plymouth | Devon | PL4 8AA | UK ________________________________ [http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/images/email_footer.gif]<http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/worldclass> This email and any files with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient then copying, distribution or other use of the information contained is strictly prohibited and you should not rely on it. If you have received this email in error please let the sender know immediately and delete it from your system(s). Internet emails are not necessarily secure. While we take every care, University of Plymouth accepts no responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan emails and their attachments. University of Plymouth does not accept responsibility for any changes made after it was sent. Nothing in this email or its attachments constitutes an order for goods or services unless accompanied by an official order form. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2020-01-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
