Some Lagniappe for You
By Tiny Ruisch
la·gniappe (lnyp, ln-yp)The pr
n. Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi
1. A small gift presented by a store owner to a customer with the customer’s purchase.
2. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called regionally boot.
My left pinky finger is a real klutz when I’m typing on my keyboard. I’m a touch typist and seldom look at the keyboard when I’m writing. Many times, I hit the caps lock key instead of the shift key. Then, a few minutes later, I’ve found that I’ve typed a paragraph or two in all capital letters. There are many utilities that will convert letters case, but I’ve found an easy way to avoid them in the first place.
KeyTweak is a simple utility that allows you to redefine your keyboard input signals. The goal of the program is to make remapping keys easy and manageable. It’s easy to use. The installer is only a 0.3 MB download, and runs on Windows 2000 and above. When you run it, you’ll see a map of the keyboard. With a few clicks you can change one or more key assignments.
Other features of the program are:
A simple interface;
Ability to Teach remapping by pressing the keys to be remapped;
Easy to read lists of all current and pending re-mappings;
Remove all re-mappings with a single button; and
Enable/disable annoying keys.
If you decide to try this program and later remove it from your computer, you must remember to restore your keyboard to its original values. To download the program, just go to your favorite download site (CNET, Major Geeks, Tucows, Softpedia, etc.) and search for “keytweak”.
Like all of the programs featured in my Lagniappe articles, the price of the program is zero. If you like it, just tell everyone that you’ve got a SWLAPCUG extra, a bonus perk, a small gift, a present from the club: a little lagniappe.