hell, i dont know where this thread came from but I'll surely vote with
Nadav !
I suggest a petition to Sun equip' makers to switch the CAPS and CONTROL
keys back to their original locations !
also, check out http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Mezzanine/7944/
;-) boaz
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nadav Har'El [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wed 09 May 2001 13:40
> To: Ivrix Discussions
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Bidi support for Linux
>
> On Wed, May 09, 2001, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote about "Re: Bidi support for
> Linux":
> > "Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Some time ago I was also using the Caps-Lock (which I find a totally
> useless
> > > key ever since I stopped programming in Fortran ;),
>
> [this is really off-topic, but...]
>
> Fortran is case-insensitive, but its users aren't - many of them are used
> to
> seeing all code in uppercase, and consider lowercase an abomination. I've
> seen several Fortran programmers use the Caps-Lock key to type whole
> sections
> of code in uppercase. I usually rebelled and entered stuff in lower-case -
> it
> was also an interesting way to see which part of the code I wrote, and
> which
> part was written by other people :)
>
> Anyway, my point is that I don't know *anybody*, except Fortran
> programmers,
> who ever use the Caps-Lock key. What good is it? FOR SHOUTING IN EMAILS?
> It only gets in the way of my left pinkie, once in a while a while causing
> me to think I'm insane and don't remember my password. I vote for the
> abolition of the Caps-Lock key. All in favor, type
>
> xmodmap -e 'clear lock'
>
>
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