Re: Problem with WinXP, XF86, Caps lock, xterm and cursor keys

[Takuma Murakami <murakami at ipl dot t dot u-tokyo dot ac dot jp>]

Alan Shutko wrote:

> I've disabled my capslock key and turned it into a control key with
> this registry hack:

For your information, I am using the same scancode map
on a system.  The system is JP Windows, US keyboard,
XKB enabled, no XF86Config file, and "setxkbmap -print"
prints:
xkb_keymap {
        xkb_keycodes  { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)"       };
        xkb_types     { include "complete"      };
        xkb_compat    { include "complete"      };
        xkb_symbols   { include "pc/pc(pc101)+pc/us"    };
        xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc101)"     };
};
I can't reproduce your problems on this system.

Ideally speaking, changes of Windows scancode mapper are
invisible from Cygwin/X.  Because scancodes are the only
information Cygwin/X uses, your Caps Lock key and Control
key should be completely equivalent for Cygwin/X.

I hope you track down your problem.

Takuma Murakami (murakami@ipl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp)