#2447 BLOC Trial-2: "Caps lock" in write activity.

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#2447: "Caps lock" in write activity.
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 Reporter:  jg                        |       Owner:  uwog   
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  blocker                   |   Milestone:  Trial-2
Component:  write-activity (abiword)  |     Version:         
 Keywords:                            |    Verified:  0      
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 The premise of the OLPC keyboard is that the caps lock key is really
 evil: it leaves a trap for young kids that they can get into a mode that
 they cannot see, which screws up everything (including all applications at
 the same time).

 On the other hand, when a child is learning to read and write, they first
 learn their upper case letters, and then lower case (at least with western
 alphabets; I have no clue for eastern languages).

 So a case lock button in the write activity makes great sense; otherwise
 to write even a few sentences requires holding down the shift key.

 This reminder came up in a discussion with Walter last week.

 It may be too late for Trial-2 if it is invasive; on the other hand, if
 this is easy, it's a long overlooked bug we better get fixed ASAP.

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