Re: [Dorset] Caps Lock indicator

2019-12-22 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Tim, > I have made a small script that pops up an image when I press the > caps-lock key, its is not perfect but at least I get a warning that I > have pressed\tapped the caps lock key. Was disabling the key not an option? > export DISPLAY=:0.0 ... > I think if I set display to :0.1 it displa

Re: [Dorset] Caps Lock indicator

2019-12-21 Thread Keith Edmunds
> having an indicator to let me know caps lock is on. As a serious (but long term) suggestion: learn to touch type. The "indicator" is then the screen, because you can see what you type as you type. I taught myself touch typing in the late 80s. Painful at the time, but I type every day of my life

Re: [Dorset] Caps Lock indicator

2019-12-21 Thread zircon
Hi Guys Thanks for all the suggestions, I have made a small script that pops up an image when I press the caps-lock key, its is not perfect but at least I get a warning that I have pressed\tapped the caps lock key. We will see how that goes. But I have one thing I would like to sort out, I

Re: [Dorset] Caps Lock indicator

2019-12-20 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Tim, > > https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-kbdleds-plugin > > https://launchpad.net/~tsbarnes/+archive/ubuntu/indicator-keylock > > Thanks for that Ralph, the xfce one was last updated in 2011 and I can > not find any recent packages of it so I will ignore it, The other loo

Re: [Dorset] Caps Lock indicator

2019-12-19 Thread John Horne
On Thu, 2019-12-19 at 10:48 +, John Horne wrote: > On Wed, 2019-12-18 at 22:39 +, 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 l

Re: [Dorset] Caps Lock indicator

2019-12-19 Thread John Horne
On Wed, 2019-12-18 at 22:39 +, 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 xkbut

Re: [Dorset] Caps Lock indicator

2019-12-19 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Tim, > 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. Because you accidentally strike Caps Lock, or intentionally use it? Would disabling Caps Lock be another o