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The tool itself is actually Windows-only, it seems. Also, a more interesting question would be how to map caps lock to ctrl (or something else) on hold, and es

by goerz 7y ago

The tool itself is actually Windows-only, it seems. Also, a more interesting question would be how to map caps lock to ctrl (or something else) on hold, and esc on tap, across platforms.

rgoulter 7y ago
Ditto return key: return on tap, ctrl on hold.
diggan 7y ago
Indeed, the tool itself is windows but repository contains a list of alternatives: https://github.com/susam/uncap#alternatives https://github.com/susam/uncap#alternatives `$ setxkbmap -option caps:escape` is exactly what I use. Very helpful of the author of the tool to include simpler/alternatives to the tool. Kudos!
dguo 7y ago
After doing this (ctrl on hold and escape on tap) on every system I use, I wrote a blog post with instructions: https://www.dannyguo.com/blog/remap-caps-lock-to-escape-and-control/ https://www.dannyguo.com/blog/remap-caps-lock-to-escape-and-...
- danieldk 7y ago
  Oh, that's nice! I had capslock mapped to control, but I wanted to have escape on tap as well. But I never bothered to figure it out on Wayland. Turns out you can enable caps2esc, which is mentioned in the blog post, on NixOS with a single line: services.interception-tools.enable = true;
jrib 7y ago
> a more interesting question would be how to map caps lock to ctrl (or something else) on hold, and esc on tap, across platforms. Definitely agree. I'm a big fan of that behavior. It would be nice to have a single project that supports it cross-platform. At the moment, I'm doing: On linux, https://github.com/alols/xcape https://github.com/alols/xcape . On OSX, https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements after some setup. Not sure about windows. Maybe there's some AHK script out there for it?
clircle 7y ago
I used this configuration when I was in grad school and developed RSI in my left pinky. I highly recommend caps to esc and alt to ctrl so that thumbs can hold down keys while other digits just tap keys. Less stress on pinky.

by goerz 7y ago

The tool itself is actually Windows-only, it seems. Also, a more interesting question would be how to map caps lock to ctrl (or something else) on hold, and esc on tap, across platforms.

rgoulter 7y ago

Ditto return key: return on tap, ctrl on hold.

diggan 7y ago

Indeed, the tool itself is windows but repository contains a list of alternatives: https://github.com/susam/uncap#alternatives https://github.com/susam/uncap#alternatives `$ setxkbmap -option caps:escape` is exactly what I use. Very helpful of the author of the tool to include simpler/alternatives to the tool. Kudos!

dguo 7y ago

After doing this (ctrl on hold and escape on tap) on every system I use, I wrote a blog post with instructions: https://www.dannyguo.com/blog/remap-caps-lock-to-escape-and-control/ https://www.dannyguo.com/blog/remap-caps-lock-to-escape-and-...

danieldk 7y ago
Oh, that's nice! I had capslock mapped to control, but I wanted to have escape on tap as well. But I never bothered to figure it out on Wayland. Turns out you can enable caps2esc, which is mentioned in the blog post, on NixOS with a single line: services.interception-tools.enable = true;

jrib 7y ago

> a more interesting question would be how to map caps lock to ctrl (or something else) on hold, and esc on tap, across platforms. Definitely agree. I'm a big fan of that behavior. It would be nice to have a single project that supports it cross-platform. At the moment, I'm doing: On linux, https://github.com/alols/xcape https://github.com/alols/xcape . On OSX, https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements after some setup. Not sure about windows. Maybe there's some AHK script out there for it?

clircle 7y ago

I used this configuration when I was in grad school and developed RSI in my left pinky. I highly recommend caps to esc and alt to ctrl so that thumbs can hold down keys while other digits just tap keys. Less stress on pinky.