Tell HN: Have just discovered that I can use any key as Ctrl on my kbd

• miryoku

  314 2,265 0.0 Makefile

  Miryoku is an ergonomic, minimal, orthogonal, and universal keyboard layout.

• kmonad

  199 3,512 7.6 Haskell

  An advanced keyboard manager

  

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• keyd

  136 2,272 7.9 C

  A key remapping daemon for linux.

• linux

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  I use caps2esc [1] to map the capslock button to ctrl on hold and esc on tap. It is such a simple yet insanely useful remapping!

  [1] https://gitlab.com/interception/linux/plugins/caps2esc

• AutoHotkey

  1,026 8,308 9.0 C++

  AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.

  

  -remap '%' to be ctrl+`, as I use it quite often for autocomplete in a DB front-end

  https://www.autohotkey.com/

• hammerspoon

  114 11,438 7.5 Objective-C

  Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

  

  * Then use Hammerspoon[1] to map Ctrl(hold) / Esc (momentary press)

  This essentially puts both Ctrl and Esc in a comfortable position on the home row, probably my favorite "ergo hack" ever.

  [1] http://www.hammerspoon.org/

• duckduckgo-locales

  2,073 94 0.0 Perl

  Translation files for <a href="https://duckduckgo.com"> </a>

  

  I'm going to be graduating from a twenty year affair with Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000s to a Keyboardio Model 100. I'm bookmarking all these interesting ideas for then! Currently I just have capslock remapped to ctrl, which is awesome.

  However I also have a FS3-P USB Triple Foot Switch which is surprisingly handy. Cannot map a pedal as CTRL, as it is a separate keyboard device, but esc for Vim use, and ctrl-w have been useful common keys for me to be able to stomp on.

  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keyboardio/model-100

  https://duckduckgo.com/?kp=-1&kl=au-en&q=FS3-P+USB+Triple+Fo...

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• system

  4 404 8.7 Nix

  Declarative system configurations using nixOS, nix-darwin, and home-manager

  am not OP, but I accomplish the same thing like this: https://github.com/kclejeune/system/blob/master/modules/home...

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