How does Colemak achieves Backspace and Caps Lock swapping in Windows?

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spremino
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03-Jul-2009 14:49:17#1 How does Colemak achieves Backspace and Caps Lock swapping in Windows?

Hello,

I'm trying to swap Caps Lock and Backspace via registry (using SharpKeys) and it works when I press the Caps Lock key alone. OTOH, Control + Caps Lock does not work reliably as Control + Backspace replacement. Some applications process it (for instance: Wordpad, Firefox), whilst other don't (for instance: Notepad prints a weird character). Has anyone experienced similar issues with the remapping made by Colemak? Any suggestion?

Thanks.

Dvorak typist here. Please take my comments with a grain of salt.

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04-Jul-2009 09:45:01#2 Re: How does Colemak achieves Backspace and Caps Lock swapping in Windows?

The registry method should be very robust. As I understand it, it is processed right after the driver software and replaces a 'physical' scan code from the keyboard with a 'virtual' one - after which the scan code is moved into the layout API to determine what VirtualKey and consequently what - if any - glyph/deadkey/whatever to send on. Hence nothing should get past it and everything should work as expected downstream.

I think Notepad will print a weird character when you press Ctrl+Backspace on any computer! Notepad is a cheap hack of a program. Check it out...

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06-Jul-2009 08:50:12#3 Re: How does Colemak achieves Backspace and Caps Lock swapping in Windows?

DreymaR said:

I think Notepad will print a weird character when you press Ctrl+Backspace on any computer! Notepad is a cheap hack of a program. Check it out...

You're right! It doesn't depend on Backspace being swapped.

Thanks :-)

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