xcape
Linux utility to configure modifier keys to act as other keys when pressed and released on their own. (by alols)
unclutter-xfixes
Hides the cursor on inactivity (rewrite of unclutter) (by Airblader)
| xcape | unclutter-xfixes | |
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| 27 | 7 | |
| 2,071 | 326 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| over 1 year ago | 10 months ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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xcape
Posts with mentions or reviews of xcape.
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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.
unclutter-xfixes
Posts with mentions or reviews of unclutter-xfixes.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-29.
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How Do I Get Started with WM's?
unclutter
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Whats your favourite i3 hacks you can't live without?
Mousing Unclutter-xfixes can hide your mouse cursor after a configurable delay https://github.com/Airblader/unclutter-xfixes
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We don't appreciate how good VS Code is as a 21st century editor!
you can do that at the OS level if using a linux distro and X11 with unclutter.
- How I can hide the cursor due inactivity?
- Hide The Cursor
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Supabase - the open source Firebase alternative
I had the same story with https://github.com/Airblader/unclutter-xfixes. After I reported a bug, someone moved description of what it does from the bottom to the top of manual page. Name still stays as follows: unclutter-xfixes - rewrite of unclutter using the X11-Xfixes extension
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*proceeds to shake it like a polaroid picture*
unclutter
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xcape and unclutter-xfixes you can also consider the following projects:
sxhkd - Simple X hotkey daemon
FrankenWM - 🖼️ Fast dynamic tiling X11 window manager
kmonad - An advanced keyboard manager
picom - A lightweight compositor for X11
evremap - A keyboard input remapper for Linux/Wayland systems, written by @wez
2bwm - A fast floating WM written over the XCB library and derived from mcwm.
linux
cursor-gen - Cursor data and manipulation
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!)
xf86-input-wacom - X.Org driver for Wacom devices
ahk-caps-ctrl-esc - Autohotkey script that maps Capslock to Esc *and* Ctrl
VSCode-Hungry-Delete - To delete an entire block of whitespace or tab, and reduce the time programmers need to press backspace
xcape vs sxhkd
unclutter-xfixes vs FrankenWM
xcape vs kmonad
unclutter-xfixes vs picom
xcape vs evremap
unclutter-xfixes vs 2bwm
xcape vs linux
unclutter-xfixes vs cursor-gen
xcape vs dual-key-remap
unclutter-xfixes vs xf86-input-wacom
xcape vs ahk-caps-ctrl-esc
unclutter-xfixes vs VSCode-Hungry-Delete