It can be nice just to get rid of craps lock.
> Things that SharpKeys will do:
> ...
> Allow you to swap two keys with each other - e.g. you can swap Left Windows with Left Control and vice versa
I do have a vague recollection of Sharpkeys previously saying that it couldn’t, but that I tried and it worked. Long time since I last used Windows though.
https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys#things-that-sharpkey...
I found SharpKeys, but it wouldn't let me swap fn/ctrl. But while I was searching for how to do this, I came across some people who suggested remapping CapsLock to Ctrl, and I figured that was good enough, since it would still accomplish my original purpose, which was not to have to deal with 2 different muscle memories when using PC vs laptop.
This was back in 2009 so many versions of Windows ago, that's cool that you can do it now. Although I'm quite glad I chose to remap CapsLock as Ctrl, so I'm glad it wasn't possible back then!
That said, powertoy's remapping doesn't honor the remap in task manager, I'm not sure if this is a big deal or not.
Lots of ways to do it, and I've probably used most of them over the years. Right now on Linux Mint, it's an option in the keyboard layout.
setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps
This used to be universal, but as that I type that, it occurs to me it won't work under Wayland. I really should try out Wayland so I can learn the new way.
Never having to reach all the way to the actual Left Ctrl button is actually a godsend, it's a much much nicer UX.
[0] http://www.randyrants.com/category/sharpkeys/