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How to remap CAPSLOCK to ESC in Linux Mint 12

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I would like to remap the CAPSLOCK key to ESC as this is easier to use in Vim. I can make it in Ubuntu 11.04 as there's an option for this in Keyborad configuration. But recently I switched to use Linux Mint and found that there's no such option. I don't know whether it is the gnome3 that makes thi…

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Fix for: How to remap CAPSLOCK to ESC in Linux Mint 12

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Open the menu Open System Tools → System Settings Select Keyboard Layouts Select Options Select Caps Lock key behavior Select Make Caps Lock an additional ESC Close all of the windows and have yourself a nice cuppa, you are done!

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