jackcouch1

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by jackcouch1 9y ago
It works on El Cap too. But it's another config file. I'll dig up and post it shortly.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
Both of the modifier keys (Snap and Pop) work just like Shift and Control. You hold them down to get the other layer. On mac keyboards you can't count on more than 2 keys pressed at the same time so a Shift + Snap + A might (or might n
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
That's nice. One of my goals was to make it easy to remember the key locations so I ended up with <{[(/\)]}> all on one row.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
Yes, if you hold down J and Semicolon and then hit the a button on a macbook pro you will notice it isn't picked up. It is a hardware limitation on most keyboards. See "n key rollover" in google for more details.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
That wouldn't solve the problems I was after. But you can now do that using Karabiner Elements on Sierra with the latest build.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
I have one and like it a lot, but it doesn't work in my bag or at the coffee shop.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
Sure, but Snap and Pop on a keyboard named Crackle? Way more fun.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
On the pop layout I have a bunch of keys that are used for shortucts. You could remap any of those to CTRL + ALT + Shift + Insert or whatever other combos you hit often. Also, tying numbers on crackle is as easy as typing capital letters so
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
On this layout "@" is as easy to type as "A"
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
I just can't stand the idea of walking around with an extra keyboard with my laptop. And the few small keyboards I've tried still don't place all of the special characters in easy to remember places.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
I actually got really excited about doing that, but it turns out that apple keyboards are only reliable for a total of 2 simultaneous.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
I wanted to keep all of the keys fairly close to the home row. If I do that I can't fit all of them under just snap. It's already full.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
Awesome. Let me know what you think after you play with it. I'm totally open to making changes.
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
I'm not sure if Dvorak is really faster, but I do think it keeps your fingers on the home row more. At this point the main reason I prefer Dvorak is that it lets me have more modifier keys on the left side of the keyboard (without movi
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by jackcouch1 9y ago
The link on medium is to google drive. Here is a link to the file on dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3ssc40svbmagfu/karabiner.json?dl=...
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Show HN: Crackle – keyboard layout for programmers(medium.com)
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