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Originally Posted by HarryT
Has the "Ctrl" key moved on US keyboards? On UK keyboards it's always been bottom row, left side, as far as I can recall.
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That's true for PC keyboards as far as I remember, but even in the UK, serial terminals (VT100 etc) and many non-PC workstations had the Ctrl key where caps lock is now.
Remapping the Caps-Lock Key to Ctrl is quite common for vi/vim users on keyboards that have Caps-Lock on the home row - it not only makes Ctrl more accessible, but also reduces the carnage caused by rapidly typing a string of normal-mode commands with Caps-Lock accidentally engaged.
Many vi(m) users remap Caps-Lock to Esc - however, I prefer mapping it to Ctrl as the "Ctrl+[" equivalent for Esc is then easy to reach.
/JB