xcape
Linux utility to configure modifier keys to act as other keys when pressed and released on their own. (by alols)
kmonad
An advanced keyboard manager (by kmonad)
| xcape | kmonad | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | 199 | |
| 2,071 | 3,544 | |
| - | 2.1% | |
| 0.0 | 7.4 | |
| over 1 year ago | 6 days ago | |
| C | Haskell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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xcape
Posts with mentions or reviews of xcape.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-15.
- Remap caps lock to behave like escape on press and control on hold on Xorg
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Binding a single key on release AND binding that same key in another combination
Don't know about i3, but you can achieve this in Linux/X11 using for example xcape: https://github.com/alols/xcape
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Keyboard shortcut on key release
I guess that xcape is what you're looking for.
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How to assign Overview to meta ?
You can use xcape (I assume xorg only; https://github.com/alols/xcape) to set any key including super/meta to trigger a custom keyboard shortcut on release.
- Launch an application with just the mod button
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Have you remapped CTRL and ESC, and if so, how?
Caps Lock is both Control and Escape depending on whether you hold or tap it. I use xcape.
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How to make my pinkie and vanilla keybindings get along?
All you need is dual mode modifiers - remap your spacebar to act as Ctrl when pressed and generate space symbol when released. You can make it with xcape on linux and with dual-key-remap on windows. It is also something for macos, but I never used it.
- Whats your favourite i3 hacks you can't live without?
- completely new to i3 and trying to get this config to work
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Vim with caps lock on is the final boss
I have the same setup on linux. Using xcape and xmodmap together.
kmonad
Posts with mentions or reviews of kmonad.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-09.
- FW13 keyboard QMK support
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Cursorless is alien magic from the future – Xe Iaso
have you actually tried that? afaik they don't get you the perfect home row mods due to some limitations re. how they implement the tap vs hold logic
https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad/issues/228
- KMonad version 0.4.2 is available
- KMonad – a keyboard manager with layers, multi-tap, tap-hold, and more
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The unix69 keyboard layout: nerdy and nice
I use kmonad[1] to have QMK-like functionality on any keyboard.
https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad
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Can't find F13-24 labels
You can create F13-F24 purely in software with key mapping tools. On Windows, one way is with the PowerToys Keyboard Manager: remap some unimportant keys to F13, F14, etc. Another way is with KMonad (cross platform), and define the keymap with KeyF13, KeyF14, etc.
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Some useful software customizations for my NyPhy Air60 (linux)
There you have the software link : https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad
- Keyboard Layout Is Broken
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No linux drivers for rgb and macros?
Other option I would suggest for any linux user with keyboards without QMK is to try KMonad https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad
- Toward a More Useful Keyboard
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xcape and kmonad you can also consider the following projects:
sxhkd - Simple X hotkey daemon
keyd - A key remapping daemon for linux.
evremap - A keyboard input remapper for Linux/Wayland systems, written by @wez
AutoHotkey - AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.
linux
qmk_firmware - Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
dual-key-remap - Remap any key to any other two keys on Windows 🔥. Remap CapsLock to both Ctrl and Escape! (It's like xcape for windows!)
homebrew-qmk - QMK Homebrew Formulae
ahk-caps-ctrl-esc - Autohotkey script that maps Capslock to Esc *and* Ctrl
sharpkeys - SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key.
sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor