From 697b7350523cba27ac736198e3d740441655a80c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: q3aql <q3aql@openmailbox.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 14:44:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add script to disable CapsLock (Linux)

---
 linux/disable-caplock_xmodmap.sh | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 linux/disable-caplock_xmodmap.sh

diff --git a/linux/disable-caplock_xmodmap.sh b/linux/disable-caplock_xmodmap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c80382a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/disable-caplock_xmodmap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##################################
+# Script to disable CapsLock     #
+#                                #
+# Author: q3aql@protonmail.ch    #
+##################################
+
+# Variables
+xmodmap_config_dir=/tmp/.disable-capslock
+xmodmap_config_file=${xmodmap_config_dir}/capslock.key
+
+# Check dir and create/restore config
+mkdir -p ${xmodmap_config_dir}
+if [ -f ${xmodmap_config_file} ] ; then
+	echo "* Restoring original function of CapsLock..."
+	sleep 2
+	restore_key=$(cat ${xmodmap_config_file})
+	xmodmap -e "keycode ${restore_key} = Caps_Lock"
+	rm -rf ${xmodmap_config_file}
+	echo "* Restored!"
+else
+	echo "* Creating mapping of CapsLock to Shift..."
+	sleep 2
+	capslock_key_detect=$(xmodmap -pke | grep Caps_Lock | tr -s " " | grep keycode | head -1 | cut -d " " -f 2)
+	echo ${capslock_key_detect} > ${xmodmap_config_file}
+	xmodmap -e "keycode ${capslock_key_detect} = Shift_L"
+	echo "* Created!"
+fi