Orca on laptops.

[Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis]

On 11/8/06, Bill Haneman <Bill.Haneman at sun.com> wrote:

> I don't see that option in the preferences dialog - you can indeed alter
> the way CapsLock works, and whether the Shift key cancels CapsLock or
> not, but it seems to be a latching key in all cases, as far as I can tell.

Just tested it on my Ubuntu Edgy box, and as far I can tell you're
mistaken. In Keyboard preferences, look for the "Layout Options", then
"Compose key position". Now I have a British Thinkpad keyboard. If I
tick "Right alt is compose" then pressing [AltGr] + ['] (that's
apostrophe) then [e] outputs an e acute. But let's say I tick "Caps
Lock is Compose". Now two things happen. First Caps Lock no longer
affects capitalization. And second, it acts just like [AltGr] before.
If I press [Caps Lock] + ['] then [e], it outputs an e acute. But
pressing [Caps Lock] then ['] then [e] outputs an apostrophe then a
normal e. Doesn't that imply it is no longer latching?

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis