Kdemod4, no way to change caps lock to ctrl?

I usually change caps lock to ctrl.
I'm new to KDE (using 4.3 with kdemod), and don't see the option to change the key in the keyboard system settings.
Am I just being blind, or do I have to use something else like xmodmap?

I believe you can do this in the xorg config file.
Take a look at /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst. When I had an Apple computer, I mapped the Apple key to cntl by remapping it:
Section "InputDevice"
Option "XkbOptions" "altwin:ctrl
EndSection
Think it can be done with caps lock, but not entirely sure. Caps lock behaves a little different than other keys though.
Last edited by Gen2ly (2009-09-21 11:25:05)

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