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Using CapsLock to switch the keyboard language

Recaps

This simple program allows you to switch between languages using the mostly-unused CapsLock key.

Just press CapsLock and the language will change. You can use Alt-CapsLock if you still need the old CapsLock action - to write a lot of text in capital letters.

If you accidentally typed some text in the wrong layout, Ctrl-CapsLock should fix it.

If you have more than two languages installed, you can select the ones you want to cycle through if you right click the application's icon.

Also it improves language switching using Alt-Shift combination: LeftAlt-LeftShift will always switch to the first language installed, while RightAlt-RightShift will always switch to the second.

Enjoy!

Eli Golovinsky http://www.gooli.org/

Revision history

0.8 Added conversion of currently selected text.

0.7 Added LeftAlt-LeftShift and RightAlt-RightShift combinations.

0.6 Added conversion of text typed with the wrong layout using Ctrl-CapsLock. Alt-CapsLock now changes the old CapsLock mode.

0.5 Fixed selected languages configuration not being saved in the registry.

0.4 Fixed language not being switched in some applications.

0.3 Added a tray icon, a menu and support for more than two languages. Recaps now cycles between the languages selected in the menu.

0.2 Changed Shift-CapsLock to change language as well as CapsLock. Ctrl-CapsLock now changes the old CapsLock mode.

0.1 Initial release