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What can Karabiner do better than Ukelele? http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ukelele http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site

by ralfd 10y ago

What can Karabiner do better than Ukelele? http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ukelele http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=...

prh8 10y ago
It can do almost anything with the keyboard. I'd suggest just checking it out. A lot of people make changes to caps lock, shift key, left/right option/command, etc. I only do two things, setting fn to send hyper and swapping semicolon/colon. It's more about individual rules than a new keyboard layout (which is what Ukulele appeared to be in my 5 minutes with it). Maybe other people can chime in on their uses, since I'm not the best to fully answer your question.
- izacus 10y ago
  It also has a lot of prebaked configurations in it. For example there's one that changes Slovenian Apple layout (which is pretty nonsensical with @ on 3rd level) to the standard layout used by PCs. That's hugely useful for people who use Mac Minis / iMacs with non-Apple keyboards (since Apple refuses to add the standard layout to OS X). With Karabiner that's an issue of a single tick.
charlesism 10y ago
Karabiner has support for most, if not all, keys on the keyboard. On a Mac, the Function keys aren't properly supported by the other key remapping apps. With Karabiner, I can use a PC keyboard to change screen brightness, volume, etc. I can also remap Fn+JKLI to the arrow keys, and much more.
ivm 10y ago
Seil does Caps Lock rebinding, I use it for keyboard layout switch.
jamesgeck0 10y ago
Sticky keys are the big one for me. I have Ctrl mapped to act as Ctrl when pressed at the same time as another key, or to act as Esc when pressed alone. It's not currently supported by Karabiner-Elements; I haven't found a way to do this on macOS Sierra yet.
- kevinykchan 10y ago
  This is what I am missing from Karabiner Elements. Did you find a workaround?
  - jamesgeck0 10y ago
    Keep an eye on the github issue; a few people have found kinda-sorta-workarounds. https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements I've postponed the Sierra upgrade on my main dev box until this is sorted out.

by ralfd 10y ago

What can Karabiner do better than Ukelele? http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ukelele http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=...

prh8 10y ago

It can do almost anything with the keyboard. I'd suggest just checking it out. A lot of people make changes to caps lock, shift key, left/right option/command, etc. I only do two things, setting fn to send hyper and swapping semicolon/colon. It's more about individual rules than a new keyboard layout (which is what Ukulele appeared to be in my 5 minutes with it). Maybe other people can chime in on their uses, since I'm not the best to fully answer your question.

izacus 10y ago
It also has a lot of prebaked configurations in it. For example there's one that changes Slovenian Apple layout (which is pretty nonsensical with @ on 3rd level) to the standard layout used by PCs. That's hugely useful for people who use Mac Minis / iMacs with non-Apple keyboards (since Apple refuses to add the standard layout to OS X). With Karabiner that's an issue of a single tick.

charlesism 10y ago

Karabiner has support for most, if not all, keys on the keyboard. On a Mac, the Function keys aren't properly supported by the other key remapping apps. With Karabiner, I can use a PC keyboard to change screen brightness, volume, etc. I can also remap Fn+JKLI to the arrow keys, and much more.

ivm 10y ago

Seil does Caps Lock rebinding, I use it for keyboard layout switch.

jamesgeck0 10y ago

Sticky keys are the big one for me. I have Ctrl mapped to act as Ctrl when pressed at the same time as another key, or to act as Esc when pressed alone. It's not currently supported by Karabiner-Elements; I haven't found a way to do this on macOS Sierra yet.

kevinykchan 10y ago
This is what I am missing from Karabiner Elements. Did you find a workaround?
- jamesgeck0 10y ago
  Keep an eye on the github issue; a few people have found kinda-sorta-workarounds. https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements I've postponed the Sierra upgrade on my main dev box until this is sorted out.