summary how to make a window s input be all caps thanks to bruce barnett who recommended xvttool and bernward averwald and liam quin who recommended modifying xdefaults to get the desired behavior for a class of xterms in xvttool simply create a key file that looks like a a b b c c and specify said key file on the command line this will translate any input into any other in my case lo case to up case works great and you get a customizable button pad on the right or left side to use an xterm solution add to your xdefaults capxterm vt translations override key a string a n or capxterm vt translations override n key a insert string a n key b insert string b n and invoke as xterm name capxterm thanks loads kevin weinrich computer sciences corp kbw helios ath epa gov
