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Can’t delete my comment so i’ll edit it to something different. Please ignore.

zeveb 9y ago
I remap Caps Lock to Control for exactly that reason. On my ideal keyboard, though, the keys immediately to the left & right of the spacebar would be Control, then Alt, then Super. On my really ideal keyboard the next key out would be Hyper, but sadly the USB spec doesn't provide for it.
- bryanlarsen 9y ago
  No, control must be in the far left: you don't hit control with a finger, you use the meat of your hand. This only works if you have a real keyboard, not one of the imitations that come with laptops and Macs.
- reagle 9y ago
  That's why I use Kinesis Advantage keyboards.
- jeromenerf 9y ago
  Maybe the ideal keyboard would also not have a huge space bar, but two thumbs keys that would act as both space and a modifier if hold.
  - slobotron 9y ago
    TECK (seemingly out of production) has three keys in place of spacebar by default configured as (backspace)(enter)(space) Using thumbs to activate those works really well! https://www.trulyergonomic.com/store/truly-ergonomic-mechanical-ergonomic-keyboard https://www.trulyergonomic.com/store/truly-ergonomic-mechani...
- linsomniac 9y ago
  Have you considered an Ergodox, or one of the other programmable keyboards supported by the http://qmk.fm/ http://qmk.fm/ project? I have an Ergodox Ez that I've created a custom key-map targeted towards my vim and i3-wm: left of "a" is a key that if I tap it does ESC and if I hold it does the Windows key. Right of ";" is quote/Win. "z" and "/" if I hold them become control. Among other things. It took me around 2 weeks of un-learning some bad habits I had, to become really proficient at the Ergodox. Some of it was that I used to hit the "b" with my right hand but Ergodox only has it on the left. A large part was that I was borrowing a friend's keyboard with blank keycaps and though I was a touch typist, I would regularly look at the keyboard to "get my bearings". Plus, I always looked to do numeric entry. Plus, moving keys around for enter/space/backspace/tab took some getting used to. If you think "my ideal keyboard would", Qmk firmware plus one of the dozens of supported keyboards may just get you there.
- raihansaputra 9y ago
  As another commenter said, QMK is the gateway. If you really want a lot of thumb buttons, look at an xd75, atomic/planck if you are not afraid of having many layers, or mitosis if you are feeling experimental. The customisation is off the charts. I have space and arrow layers in one key, and enter and number layer in another.
hashkb 9y ago
evil-mode? Spacemacs? Nvim is pretty awesome, but the tools in the vim ecosystem just don't compare.
jrs95 9y ago
People who downvote comments like this are humorless assholes. Every time someone makes a joke you don’t need to downvote it for fucks sake.
emirozer 9y ago
Never understood the emacs pinky thing to be honest. From like week 1, years ago, i realized i have to have the C- modifier in a better place.. You just remap caps-lock to ctrl and you are done.
- marrone12 9y ago
  Am I the only guy whose pinky doesn't get bothered reaching to control?

I remap Caps Lock to Control for exactly that reason. On my ideal keyboard, though, the keys immediately to the left & right of the spacebar would be Control, then Alt, then Super. On my really ideal keyboard the next key out would be Hyper, but sadly the USB spec doesn't provide for it.

bryanlarsen 9y ago
No, control must be in the far left: you don't hit control with a finger, you use the meat of your hand. This only works if you have a real keyboard, not one of the imitations that come with laptops and Macs.
reagle 9y ago
That's why I use Kinesis Advantage keyboards.
jeromenerf 9y ago
Maybe the ideal keyboard would also not have a huge space bar, but two thumbs keys that would act as both space and a modifier if hold.
- slobotron 9y ago
  TECK (seemingly out of production) has three keys in place of spacebar by default configured as (backspace)(enter)(space) Using thumbs to activate those works really well! https://www.trulyergonomic.com/store/truly-ergonomic-mechanical-ergonomic-keyboard https://www.trulyergonomic.com/store/truly-ergonomic-mechani...
linsomniac 9y ago
Have you considered an Ergodox, or one of the other programmable keyboards supported by the http://qmk.fm/ http://qmk.fm/ project? I have an Ergodox Ez that I've created a custom key-map targeted towards my vim and i3-wm: left of "a" is a key that if I tap it does ESC and if I hold it does the Windows key. Right of ";" is quote/Win. "z" and "/" if I hold them become control. Among other things. It took me around 2 weeks of un-learning some bad habits I had, to become really proficient at the Ergodox. Some of it was that I used to hit the "b" with my right hand but Ergodox only has it on the left. A large part was that I was borrowing a friend's keyboard with blank keycaps and though I was a touch typist, I would regularly look at the keyboard to "get my bearings". Plus, I always looked to do numeric entry. Plus, moving keys around for enter/space/backspace/tab took some getting used to. If you think "my ideal keyboard would", Qmk firmware plus one of the dozens of supported keyboards may just get you there.
raihansaputra 9y ago
As another commenter said, QMK is the gateway. If you really want a lot of thumb buttons, look at an xd75, atomic/planck if you are not afraid of having many layers, or mitosis if you are feeling experimental. The customisation is off the charts. I have space and arrow layers in one key, and enter and number layer in another.

hashkb 9y ago

evil-mode? Spacemacs? Nvim is pretty awesome, but the tools in the vim ecosystem just don't compare.

jrs95 9y ago

People who downvote comments like this are humorless assholes. Every time someone makes a joke you don’t need to downvote it for fucks sake.

emirozer 9y ago

Never understood the emacs pinky thing to be honest. From like week 1, years ago, i realized i have to have the C- modifier in a better place.. You just remap caps-lock to ctrl and you are done.

marrone12 9y ago
Am I the only guy whose pinky doesn't get bothered reaching to control?