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I've been experimenting with Xmodmap on Linux for this reason. I remapped my capslock key to a symbol modifier, and then put all of my symbols in different pla
by Timpy 6y ago
I've been experimenting with Xmodmap on Linux for this reason. I remapped my capslock key to a symbol modifier, and then put all of my symbols in different places based on ergonomics and easy to remember mnemonics. Here's a small sample:
<caps-p> plus sign
<caps-t> tilde
<caps-a> at symbol
<caps-d> delete
<caps-x> exclamation mark
<caps-hjkl> vim movement
After filling out the keyboard with mnemonics I found the few remaining gaps in the layer with two empty keys next to each other and put my brackets braces and parenthesis there. The final move in training yourself to use your new symbols is to remove them from their original keybinding. I recommend trying it out, I've found the process enjoyable.
- toyg 6y agoThis comment spurred me to do something similar with AutoHotkey on Windows. I had mapped capslock to ctrl but never actually got in the habit of using it, but as a fresh meta key is actually very useful. I focused on the keys I find most annoying, because I have a short pinky. Result: https://imgur.com/a/2XvKVa3 https://imgur.com/a/2XvKVa3 Script: https://pastebin.com/tJVw2nxg https://pastebin.com/tJVw2nxg I'll probably add some more as I get used to it, it would be cool to be able to avoid the awkward shift+num-row-key altogether. Guess there is a blog post to write later...
- toyg 6y agoForgot to say - those combinations are for Colemak. If you are using qwerty, replace the <x> letters in "CapsLock & <x>::" lines with what you have on qwerty.