swapesc

#!/bin/bash

current=$(dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options)
swapped="['caps:swapescape']"
capslock="['caps:capslock']"
echo "Current status: $current"

if [ "$current" == "$swapped" ]
then
  echo "Making caps and escape WORK NORMALLY"
  dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options $capslock
elif [ "$current" == "$capslock" ]
then
  echo "Swapping caps and escape"
  dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options $swapped
else
  echo "caps is not swapescaped nor capslock. Doing nothing."
fi

I have swapped my escape and caps, to aid my Vim-Fu. After all: no-one needs CAPSLOCK anyway.

But this confuses co-workers who sit at my computer. This tiny script allows me to quickly toggle the behaviour of Capslock and escape between "normal" and "swapped".

Oh. This is Ubuntu/Gnome stuff. I doubt it even works on KDE and certainly not on Windows or OSX.

Gnice. 👍