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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!qwerty.fsl.noaa.gov!woody.fsl.noaa.gov!kelly From: kelly@woody.fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Subject: Re: UNIX-style keyboards Message-ID: <1994Dec5.224620.13596@fsl.noaa.gov> Sender: news@fsl.noaa.gov (USENET News System) Organization: Forecast Systems Laboratory References: <3c01fk$fhb@news.panix.com> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 22:46:20 GMT Lines: 16 In article <3c01fk$fhb@news.panix.com>, Wayne Berke <berke@panix.com> wrote: >Can anyone tell me how to obtain UNIX-style keyboards. All they have >in stores is the stupid "CAPS-lock where CNTL key should be" models. I agree: those models are stupid. IBM must've been trying to target secretaries and managers when they decided to put CapsLock in that position. Luckily, I'm neither. Computer Express (http://cexpress.com:2700/) has a programmable model but it's rather expensive. Cheaper alternative: If you're running FreeBSD, the kbdcontrol command will let you put CTRL where it should be. If you're running X, the xmodmap command will let you do that as well. --k