You still need to press Shift to type the underscores, unless the editor is smart enough to recognize you're in CONSTANT_TYPING_MODE.

With CapsLock? Yeah.

Though, with using fancy keyboard-remapping software, then "dashes as underscores" can be done automatically. e.g. QMK does it with: https://docs.qmk.fm/#/feature_caps_word

Shoutout to vim - select the text then shift+U. Especially nice cause you can use multi select to do it in many places at once. I bet eMacs can’t do that ;)

Careful now —- probably even easier with emacs!

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Ca...

(Though I use emacs with vim keybindings — evil mode — so I do the same as you)

Very glad you responded kindly, I realized after I posted that that the sarcasm might not be clear. I feel like we’re two soldiers from some long forgotten war, finally shaking hands… ;)

Someone always objects to the removal of caps lock with this complaint on these threads.

Two-shift caps lock is a feature whereby tapping both shift keys, simultaneously, toggles caps lock.

You don't need the caps lock key, and its place on the home row is absurd.

I did the two-shift mapping on my old chromebook and it was very useful. I didn't want to lose the caps-lock as super functionality.

Ah, I'm not saying Caps Lock key is in a good spot. I'm just saying that CapsLock is sometimes a useful mode to use. -- e.g. as you say, if you can activate it some other way, it can still be useful; and there are other features which are similar and useful.

I do think "replace caps lock with ctrl" isn't the best, though. -- Especially if you've got a mind for staying on home row, then I'd instead suggest putting the modifiers Shift/Ctrl/Gui/Alt as tap-hold keys underneath the home row keys.

> Caps Lock can be a useful feature.

Being a Windows user I have an AHK script I run on every PC I work on regularly. It remaps Caps Lock into a special modifier key but does so in a conditionally timed way which keeps Caps Lock working as it normally does as an on/off toggle - but only when pressed and released by itself. If I use Caps Lock like a modifier key by holding it down and hitting another key simultaneously then Caps Lock works like a modifier - which I use to remap other home row keys like arrows etc.

This works transparently while giving me another very useful modifier key right on the home row without giving anything up. It's especially useful on laptops where I don't have extra modifier keys like my custom desktop keyboards but I now use it everywhere. Here's the relevant chunk of AHK script:

  CapsLock::
   KeyWait, CapsLock                      ; wait for Capslock to be released
   KeyWait, CapsLock, D T0.2              ; and pressed again within 0.2 seconds
   if ErrorLevel
   return
    else
   if (A_PriorKey = "CapsLock")
      SetCapsLockState, % GetKeyState("CapsLock","T") ? "Off" : "On" 
  return

  *CapsLock::
  return

  #If, GetKeyState("CapsLock", "P")   ;Your CapsLock hotkeys go below
   i::Send {Up}
   j::Send {Left}
   k::Send {Down}
   l::Send {Right}
   m::Send {End}
   u::Send {Home}
   y::Send {PgUp}
   n::Send {PgDn}
   h::Send {BS}
   `;::Send {Delete}
   -::Send {–} ; Alt+Minus = En dash
   =::Send {—} ; Shift+Alt+Minus = Em dash
   a::^a
   Space::Enter
   q::PrintScreen
   r::F5
   s::Browser_Back
   d::Browser_Forward 

  Capslock & LButton::WindowMouseDragMove()
  Capslock & RButton::WindowMouseDragResize()