Some scripts I created for use with the excellent AutoHotKey
utility. Note: Requires Microsoft Windows. On this page: Replace
Caps Lock with Copy/Paste Typing Extended Characters In my
opinion, the Caps Lock is not a particularly useful key. It is
too easy to press by accident, and it's very rare to want to
type a large amount of all-capitals text. On the other hand,
some of the most useful and common operations I perform using
the keys are Cut (Ctrl-X), Copy (Ctrl-C) and Paste (Ctrl-V).
These key combinations require a degree of finger strain due to
the Ctrl key being at the bottom-left corner of the keyboard. My
solution is to redefine the Caps Lock: See also: Caps Off! The
standard US and UK keyboards do not make it easy to type
extended characters such as accented characters, copyright
symbols, fractions, and other characters. This is despite the
existence of the AltGr key, which is intented for just this
purpose. The problem is that the default key mappings for both
US and UK keyboards define only a very