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I use caps lock for exactly what its intended purpose is: I use it as a control key, just like it was on the original IBM PC keyboard.

Just remap ctrl to caps lock and you're set.

As for switching languages, Apple puts that in a fine place by default. It's open-apple and spacebar. Just enough effort to remind you what you're doing with no awkward carpal tunnel key combinations.

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I mean, if you want to get historical, the position currently occupied by the Caps Lock was Shift Lock on typewriters, which did the same thing as Caps lock currently does except it affected all keys, not just letters.

Yes, the first computer keyboards I used had both shift lock and caps lock.

If I miss anything, I would like it if shift + caps lock, behaved the same as shift lock.

I alleviate the pain on the joints of my little finger by mapping Capslock to Ctrl.

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