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> And I actually use caps lock as a "fn" key for hjkl/arrows. Who needs caps lock, really? Caps Lock is quite useful, because it's the perfect location for rem
by slightwinder 6y ago
> And I actually use caps lock as a "fn" key for hjkl/arrows. Who needs caps lock, really?
Caps Lock is quite useful, because it's the perfect location for remapping the Ctrl- and ESC-Keys. Which is no surprise, as they originally where located there.
Under linux there is a nice tool for overloading keys, so they behave one way when pressed short, and another way when holded longer. With programmable keyboards you even have it OS-independant.
- manishjhawar 6y ago> Under linux there is a nice tool for overloading keys... Name please (TIA)
- slightwinder 6y agoOh, right. I knew I forgot something. I use https://github.com/alols/xcape https://github.com/alols/xcape for some while now. It's old, reliable and straight forward, just does it's job. Only downside is that it seems to be limted to X11. Not sure how well it will play with wayland. There are now also some alternative tools, with more ability, which allow overloading just on the side. I have them on my list for a while now, but not done much yet with them. - https://github.com/david-janssen/kmonad https://github.com/david-janssen/kmonad - https://github.com/mooz/xkeysnail https://github.com/mooz/xkeysnail - https://github.com/snyball/Hawck https://github.com/snyball/Hawck Oh, and for rermapping capslock there are also options with X11. I use setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps to map ctrl to capslock, then overload it with xcape -e "Control_L=Escape;" to add ESC ontop.
- valerij 6y agooh yeah. i remapped it to f15 and use it all the time now