CAPS2ESC(1)

✨ caps2esc — the glow-up your CapsLock key has been begging for ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual for caps2esc, a lil interception plugin that turns the literal most useless key on your whole keyboard into the most useful one 💅 it's giving main character energy for your CapsLock fr fr.

🌸 NAME 🌸

caps2esc — an interception plugin for a dual function Esc/Ctrl key at CapsLock 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

caps2esc [-h | [-m mode] [-t delay]]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so when you run it as the interception plugin, caps2esc transforms the most useless key ever into the most useful one 😭✨ it does that by offering the dual function Esc/Ctrl key at the CapsLock key location, and the CapsLock function key at the Esc key location. no cap, your pinky will literally thank you.

• -h — show this message and exit 🙈 like, just the help text, that's it, bye.
• -t — delay used for key sequences (default: 20000 microseconds) ⏱️
• -m mode — pick your vibe, three flavours available:
• 0 — default 👑
  • caps as esc/ctrl
  • esc as caps
• 1 — minimal 🧚
  • caps as esc/ctrl
• 2 — useful on 60% layouts 🔥
  • caps as esc/ctrl
  • esc as grave accent
  • grave accent as caps

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

interception(1), udevmon(1), uinput(1) — go read those too, bestie, they're part of the lore 🫶

ngl that's the whole page 💀 short and iconic, as it should be.

okay so that's a wrap! this was caps2esc 0.3.2, dated Sep 2022 🌈 stay slaying, go remap that CapsLock, and remember: it's not a useless key, it was just waiting for its moment ⭐💜