[ShadowAce]

Not sure why, either. In fact, after a reboot, the mapping stills shows it is there, but it no longer works.

I'm sorry for leading you down this path. You may also want to try to look into setxkbmap. It's a command that allows global remapping of keys on the keyboard. I have not played around with it, so I do not know how well it works.

[daniel1212]

Not sure why, either. In fact, after a reboot, the mapping stills shows it is there, but it no longer works.

Which is further testimony to the problem I described. Rather than a simple one-size-fits-all solution such as AutoHotKey provides for Windows, what I have in Linux found are distro-specific or Window Manager-specific proffered solutions, which sometimes require a specific versions, none of which are guaranteed to work, except (IIRC) in Fedora (KDE?).

I'm sorry for leading you down this path. You may also want to try to look into setxkbmap. It's a command that allows global remapping of keys on the keyboard. I have not played around with it, so I do not know how well it works.

Seems like more terminal-level trial and error but i am looking into it though it is also can be problematic. .

Next time I am running Linux I can try again.

[daniel1212]

I am running Fedora KDE Live off a USB (installed usng Refus), and which has a System>System setings>Workplace>Shortcuts>Standard shortcuts that lists ctrl+c (copy) and offers you the option of changing the Alternative (which was ctrl+Ins), and I changeds it to CapsLock and hit Apply. But it does not work yet.

Maybe i need to install Fedora KDE (I unplug my Windows drives and use an old HD plugged in with a USB adapter, which I install Linux on, and afterwards plug in my Windows drives, and then keep tapping the F11 key during boot up, which provides a options to boot from different sources).

KDE also has whole section dedicated to changing what CapsLock does under System Settings, but no options to change it to ctrl+c (though yuou can change it to ctrl).

Yet I also want to make the middle mouse key to do ctrl+x, which my AutoHotKey script also does.

This may hold some promise if needed:

http://www.noah.org/wiki/CapsLock_Remap_Howto

You can see some of my previous attempts:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/needed-remap-capslock-to-crtrl-c-copy-and-esc-to-ctrl-v-4175546046/

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=198493

https://askubuntu.com/questions/611657/how-to-remap-capslock-to-ctrlc-copy-and-esc-to-ctrlv-paste

Note Xmodmap no longer works in some newer distros.

I hope things are not as bad as this user laments:

http://xahlee.info/kbd/linux_vs_windows_vs_mac_best_keybinding.html

Came across this helpful list for Windows which I am posting to myself for the future:

http://www.softpanorama.org/Windows/Keyboard_and_mouse/keyboard_remapping.shtml

But only God can “remap” humans.

Sorry to bend your ear if i am.