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Additionally, on many keyboards (specifically Apple keyboards), you have to hit a modifier key plus the function key. For example, you have to hit Fn + F1 to ge
by pyre 11y ago
Additionally, on many keyboards (specifically Apple keyboards), you have to hit a modifier key plus the function key. For example, you have to hit Fn + F1 to get F1 because otherwise it's the "Lower LCD Brightness" hotkey. This makes them even less useful.
- floatboth 11y agoFYI: there is a setting that flips everything around – F1 to get F1, Fn+F1 to lower the brightness.
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- pyre 11y agoBut it's also not the default (at least on OSX).
- NeutronBoy 11y ago'It's not the default' is a terrible argument in a thread specifically about customising vi to the Nth degree ;)
- Qwertious 11y agoNot always useful if e.g. you're locked out of the BIOS, the setting constantly auto-resets for no apparent reason, the keyboard is partially broken. The sad thing is that I've personally experienced all three of these problems. #%^$ whoever decided that the Function keys should be brightness etc by default.
- MichaelGG 11y agoDoes Apple not offer Fn Lock? Most keyboards in the last many years seem to be going this way, but it's always easy to switch it off. I certainly press F5 more often than change brightness.