capsicain
Powerful low-level keyboard remapping tool for Windows (by cajhin)
keyd
A key remapping daemon for linux. (by rvaiya)
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capsicain
Posts with mentions or reviews of capsicain.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-03.
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Barcodes and distribution center
You would have to intercept the barcode scanner (keyboard) data on a low-level before all other software gets it... Maybe this could help: https://github.com/cajhin/capsicain
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Does anyone know how i can make this happen on a keyboard? Any recommendation on brand or model?
If you want to have layers without buying a QMK keyboard there's some software solutions like capsicain (most powerful, harder to configure, has limitations when working with wireless keyboards), Microsoft Powertoys keyboard manager (easy to configure, very limited with what you can do) that allow the same kind of functionally.
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Changing a function of a hardware button (recompiling a driver?) on a Chinese Xiaomi RedmiBook Pro 14 2022
I'm not sure if this works for you: https://github.com/cajhin/capsicain
- Ask HN: What's your favorite software-free keyboard and mouse?
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kanata: a software keyboard remapper for Windows and Linux
Capsicain is another one: https://github.com/cajhin/capsicain Gotta try 'em all!
- capsicain: Powerful low-level keyboard remapping tool for Windows
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Powerful keybindings easier than ever with KMonad
For windows there is also capsicain
- How do I create an 'Alt Code'
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LowTechHighImpact - Kind-of-split, Kind-of-ortho Alpha2FnRU Mod
The mod has better split, almost orthogonal, two levels of thumb cluster, I use capsicain for this mod, find the config on this link
- Inspired by the android thread. You're probably using ________ but ________ is worth looking into.
keyd
Posts with mentions or reviews of keyd.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-30.
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Key remapping to vim navigation and more
I use keyd (https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd) and what I've done is remapped CapsLock down holding to a modifier key that allows me to use vim navigation and more. So when I press CapsLock down I can use jkl; for navigation. I've also added u and i as page up and down. For browser back and forward use n and m. Just pressing CapsLock acts as an esc press.
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Debugging touchpad issues with keyd remapper
I recently started using Asahi Linux on my M1 mac. I installed Fedora 39 Server and I use sway as my wm but these issues with keyd https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd appear even before I start sway.
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Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing
This is great. Is it possible to somehow use it with keyd, as I don't use autohotkey?
https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/
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Espanso incompatible with keyd key remapping
I'm using both [keyd](https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd) to remap some keys (Hold Capslock -> Hold Ctrl, and Press Capslock -> Press Esc) and espanso to insert some snippet.
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How to switch caps lock to escape properly
Try https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd works really well for linux.
- Input Remapper Question
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Some useful software customizations for my NyPhy Air60 (linux)
There's some customizations I did with keyd that could be useful for others. See here
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Toward a More Useful Keyboard
On Linux, I use keyd[1] and while I understand that keyd itelf could never run on the Mac, I'd love something that could take my keyd conf and make it work (even approximately) on the Mac.
[1]: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
- Keyd: Linux Key Remapper
What are some alternatives?
When comparing capsicain and keyd you can also consider the following projects:
uncap - Map Caps Lock to Escape or any key to any key
kmonad - An advanced keyboard manager
BigBagKbdTrixPKL - "DreymaR's Big Bag of Keyboard Tricks" for Windows with EPKL
kinto - Mac-style shortcut keys for Linux & Windows.
qmkbuilder - Online GUI for QMK Firmware
key-mapper - 🎮 An easy to use tool to change the mapping of your input device buttons. [Moved to: https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper]
kanata - Improve keyboard comfort and usability with advanced customization
xkeysnail - Yet another keyboard remapping tool for X environment
keyboard-layouts - Laptop keyboards your own way!
linux
FN-key-lock - A Script/Program to simulate hardware F key lock on F1-F12 keys with custom controls and visible lock notifications.
awesome-wayland - A curated list of Wayland code and resources.